Emotions, Technology, and Design

Emotional design explicitly addresses the emotional relationship between the objects and the subjects of design-in this book, the objects are technologies, and the subjects are technology users. The first section delves into the philosophy and theory of emotional design to provide a foundation for the rest of the book, which goes on to discuss emotional design principles, the design and use of emoticons, and then intelligent agents in a variety of settings. A conclusion chapter covers future research and directions. Emotions, Technology, and Design provides a thorough look at how technology design affects emotions and how to use that understanding to in practical applications.

• Discusses the role of culture, trust, and identity in empathetic technology
• Presents a framework for using sound to elicit positive emotional responses
• Details the emotional use of color in design
• Explores the use of emoticons, earcons, and tactons
• Addresses the emotional design specific to agent-based environments