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On the experience of love: the underlying principles

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DPPI '07: Proceedings of the 2007 conference on Designing pleasurable products and interfaces

Pages 12 - 19

https://doi.org/10.1145/1314161.1314163

Published: 22 August 2007 Publication History

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In design research, general theories on experiential concepts have been accessed, conceptual models of experiences have been developed, and design strategies for experience have been presented. However, due to the complex nature of experiences and the multidisciplinary nature of design, we argue that designers may not be fully equipped with information to design for particular experiences. In our previous study, we adopted general theories of interpersonal love to conceptualize the 'experience of love' in person-product interaction. In this paper, we complete this conceptualization and present the underlying principles of love. The principles of love are fixed and predetermined 'modes of action' that trigger what is experienced as 'love' in the interaction with consumer products. We believe that, equipped with a complete and clear set of information over experiential concepts, designers and developers would be free to develop their own creativity and, consequently, have more control over their work.

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Li XZhang XFu ZDeserti AZurlo FRizzo F(2011)Tech-careProceedings of the 2011 Conference on Designing Pleasurable Products and Interfaces10.1145/2347504.2347577(1-4)Online publication date: 22-Jun-2011
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Nurkka PKujala SKemppainen K(2009)Capturing users’ perceptions of valuable experience and meaningJournal of Engineering Design10.1080/0954482090315883520:5(449-465)Online publication date: Oct-2009
https://doi.org/10.1080/09544820903158835

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On the experience of love: the underlying principles
1. General and reference
  1. Document types
2. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)

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DPPI '07: Proceedings of the 2007 conference on Designing pleasurable products and interfaces

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DOI:10.1145/1314161

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Li XZhang XFu ZDeserti AZurlo FRizzo F(2011)Tech-careProceedings of the 2011 Conference on Designing Pleasurable Products and Interfaces10.1145/2347504.2347577(1-4)Online publication date: 22-Jun-2011
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2347504.2347577
Nurkka PKujala SKemppainen K(2009)Capturing users’ perceptions of valuable experience and meaningJournal of Engineering Design10.1080/0954482090315883520:5(449-465)Online publication date: Oct-2009
https://doi.org/10.1080/09544820903158835

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