The importance of "feel" in product design feel, the neglected aesthetic "dO NOT TOUCH"

John Kreifeldt*, Rungtai Lin, Ming Chuen Chuang

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Abstract

The urge to touch and feel objects is universal and powerful but focused scientific attention to understanding and enhancing the aesthetic portion of the total "feel" of a product in order to increase user satisfaction has been noticeably under emphasized in consumer product design and thus in the products themselves. Although the tactile, proprioceptive and kinesthetic senses are vital to life, in their larger context of "feel", they have been largely ignored compared to the senses of vision, hearing, taste and even smell. And while courses, institutions, and venues are dedicated to these latter senses, comparable ones for the former are decidedly absent. Recent interest in the haptic senses may be a sign of change. This paper explores several aspects of "feel" and offers suggestions for research areas.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationInternationalization, Design and Global Development - 4th International Conference, IDGD 2011, Held as Part of HCI International 2011, Proceedings
Pages312-321
Number of pages10
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011
Externally publishedYes
Event4th International Conference on Internationalization, Design and Global Development, IDGD 2011, Held as Part of HCI International 2011 - Orlando, FL, United States
Duration: 09 07 201114 07 2011

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume6775 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference4th International Conference on Internationalization, Design and Global Development, IDGD 2011, Held as Part of HCI International 2011
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityOrlando, FL
Period09/07/1114/07/11

Keywords

  • Touch
  • aesthetics
  • feel
  • haptics
  • moment-of-inertia

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