Arts Design & Architecture

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  • (2004) Demirbilek, Oya; Sener, Bahar; McDonagh, Deana; Hekkert, Paul; Van Erp, Jeroen; Gyi, Diane
    Book Chapter

  • (2005) Aurum, Aybuke; Demirbilek, Oya; Dasgupta, Subhasish
    Book Chapter
    Product failure due to consumer separation from the design process can cause customer dissatisfaction and damage to businesses. This article focuses on the concept of virtual collaborative design and analyses the benefits and the barriers to online user collaboration in the early stages of the design process for product development. Furthermore, the article reports findings based on a survey study conducted with four potential stakeholders; representative of consumers, software designers, industrial designers, and manufacturers.

  • (2007) Quinlan, Ann; Demirbilek, Oya
    Book Chapter

  • (2006) Demirbilek, Oya; Karwowski, Waldemar
    Book Chapter
    The Following article presents a literature review on emotions and design, more specifically on the subconscious aspects influencing product preference, and on the influence of childhood memories on our perception of products. In this context, childhood heroes, cartoon characters, and the attributes of desirable products are explored. The article includes sections on the aspects of products that induce emotions: namely familiarity, cuteness, positive emotions such as surprise and happiness, and the stories associated with products.

  • (2008) Mate, Kirsten; Basso Peressut, L.; Forino, I.; Postiglione, G.; Scullica, F.
    Book Chapter


  • (2010) Park, Miles Barwick; Cooper, Tim
    Book Chapter
    What can we learn from product design and consumer behaviour that might enable products to defy obsolescence? This chapter considers a range of product attributes, consumer behaviours and societal factors that feature prolonged product life-spans. Examples are mostly drawn from the consumer electronics sector, which is of particular interest due to rapid obsolescence. The life-spans of many such products (notably personal computers and mobile phones) are getting shorter and a significant proportion of these products are still in functional order when discarded Many of the examples presented are informal responses to impending obsolescence. They are often not planned or anticipated by the designer or manufacturer. The chapter concludes by considering new and collaborative approaches, between designers and users, in meeting the challenge of effectively engaging with obsolescence in fast-moving technological sectors such as consumer electronics.