Designing pleasurable products

by Patrick W Jordan

"Designing Pleasurable Products looks both at and beyond usability, considering how designs can appeal to the user holistically, leading to products that are a joy to own and use. A practical framework - the four pleasures - is described, providing a structured approach to the creation of product design concepts. A number of design and evaluation techniques are described. These include established methodologies, such as Kansei Engineering, as well as many new techniques. A pre-validated questionnaire for evaluating designs is also included."--Jacket.