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User information for designers: a visual research package

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In this paper, we describe the development of a flexible, visually-based on-line package, based on free sorting and multi-dimensional scaling to help designers research users' emotional and social responses to designed objects.

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      DPPI '03: Proceedings of the 2003 international conference on Designing pleasurable products and interfaces
      June 2003
      166 pages
      ISBN:1581136528
      DOI:10.1145/782896
      • General Chair:
      • Bruce Hanington,
      • Program Chair:
      • Jodi Forlizzi

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