Product experience /

The book brings together research that investigates how people experience products: durable, non-durable, or virtual. In contrast to other books, the present book takes a very broad, possibly all-inclusive perspective, on how people experience products. It thereby bridges gaps between several areas...

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Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology
Group Author: Schifferstein, H. Hendrik, 1964; Hekkert, Paul, 1963
Published: Elsevier,
Publisher Address: San Diego, CA :
Publication Dates: 2008.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Edition: First edition.
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Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780080450896
Summary: The book brings together research that investigates how people experience products: durable, non-durable, or virtual. In contrast to other books, the present book takes a very broad, possibly all-inclusive perspective, on how people experience products. It thereby bridges gaps between several areas within psychology (e.g. perception, cognition, emotion) and links these areas to more applied areas of science, such as product design, human-computer interaction and marketing. The field of product experience research will include some of the research from four areas: Arts, Ergonomics, Technology
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xxiii, 662 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9780080450896
008045089X
9780080556789
0080556787
1281099961
9781281099969
Index Number: HF5415
CLC: F713.55
Contents: Preliminary TOC -- Preface -- Introduction (H.N.J. Schifferstein & P. Hekkert) -- Part I: From the human perspective -- IA. Senses -- 1. On the visual appearance of objects (Harold T. Nefs) -- 2. The tactual experience of objects (M.H. Sonneveld and H.N.J. Schifferstein) -- 3. The experience of product sounds (R. van Egmond) -- 4. Taste, smell and chemesthesis in product experience (Armand V. Cardello and Paul Wise) -- 5. Multisensory product experience (H.N.J. Schifferstein and C. Spence) -- IB. Capacities & skills -- 6. Human capability and product design (John Clarkson) -- 7. Connecting d
From the human perspective --
Senses --
On the visual appearance of objects /
Tactual experience of objects /
The experience of product sounds /
Taste, smell and chemesthesis in product experience /
Multisensory product experience /
Capacities and skills --
Human capability and product design /
Connecting design with cognition at work /
Semantics: meaning and contexts of artifacts /
The emotional experience --
Product emotion /
Consumption emotions /
Specific experiences and approaches --
Product attachment: design strategies to stimulate the emotional bonding to products /
Crucial elements of designing for comfort /
Eco-experience: product experience as social interaction /