Design & Emotion

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Design & Emotion 2006
The location for the Fifth Conference on Design and Emotion is: Gothenburg, Sweden.
Host of the conference will be Chalmers Technical University.
Date: 27-29 September 2006. Read more>

C J Overbeeke, P P M Hekkert, (1999),
Proceedings of the First International Conference on Design and Emotion,
Delft: Delft University of Technology.
Download DE1999.pdf (7.15 MB)

McDonagh, Hekkert, Van Erp & Gyi (eds.) (2004),
Design and Emotion, the experience of everyday things,
(London: Taylor & Francis).
The book contains the edited proceedings of the 3rd conference on Design and Emotion,
Loughborough 2002. Order your copy from Taylor & Francis>

Design research

eDesign group
Results of a research project (1999-2001) exploring the emotional aspects in
interaction with products. A joint project of University of Art and Design Helsinki (UIAH),
Helsinki University of Technology (HUT) and NOKIA Corporation.
http://smart.uiah.fi/edesign/eDesign.html

ID Studiolab
The ID Studiolab investigates what critical factors of human-product interaction
contribute to an emotional experience. The research group is based at the
department of Industrial Design at Delft University of Technology.
http://www.studiolab.io.tudelft.nl/research/designandemotion

Interaction Design Institute Ivrea
Interaction Design Institute Ivrea develops the capacity to innovate new products
and services, helping us interact with each other in new ways through communications,
network and information technology.
http://www.interaction-ivrea.it

the Interactive Institute Swedish design-research institute working on innovations in
digital media.
http://www.interactiveinstitute.se

Jodi Forlizzi’s homepage
Interaction designer and researcher. The website unfolds a framework for experience
driven design and includes an overview of some influential approaches to involving
emotional experience in design.
http://goodgestreet.com/index.html

MIT affective computing group
Rosalind Picard’s research group focuses on research to make computational
systems sense, recognize and understand human emotions, and respond in an
intelligent, respectful manner.
http://www.media.mit.edu/affect

MIT tangible media group
Hiroshi Ishii’s group explores how to design a seamless interface between people,
digital information and physical environments, by giving physical form to digital
information.
http://tangible.media.mit.edu

Royal College of Art - Interaction Design
Interaction design masters course and research group exploring the role of technology
in people's lives and imaginations.
http://www.interaction.rca.ac.uk

Conferences

CHIInternational conference on Human Computer Interaction.
The 2004 conference theme is “CONNECT”
http://www.chi2004.org

Doors of perception Conference on “new thinking in design and innovation”
http://www.doorsofperception.com

DPPI The conference on Designing Pleasurable Products and Interfaces is
a forum for the exchange of ideas and information about affective design.
http://www.cmu.edu/cfa/design/dppi03

DUX The Conference on Designing for User Experiences
gains knowledge and good business practices in the development of products
and services. (by AIGA experience design).
Next conference: 2005
http://www.dux2003.org

GEL Good Experience Live is a USA based conference exploring
“what it means to create a good, meaningful, or authentic experience”.
http://www.goodexperience.com/gel

INTERACT International conference on Human-Computer Interaction.
http://www.interact2003.org

TED Conference and community on Technology, Entertainment and Design.
http://www.ted.comik