Reykjavik, Iceland INVESTIGATION OF DESIGNERS INTENTIONS AND A USERS ’ PERCEPTION OF PRODUCT CHARACTER

Products can be designed to have a character, i.e. a mood that is conveyed through the form of the product, the use of material and colour. Industrial designers often design a consumer product to target a particular market segment with a particular lifestyle or age group. Therefore, the character of...

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Main Authors: Saeema Ahmed, Per Boelskifte
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2006
Subjects:
Empirical study
industrial design
user preferences
aesthetics
Iceland
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.624.1227
http://www.kp.man.dtu.dk/upload/institutter/ipl/sektioner/2006.nordesignpdf.pdf
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Summary:Products can be designed to have a character, i.e. a mood that is conveyed through the form of the product, the use of material and colour. Industrial designers often design a consumer product to target a particular market segment with a particular lifestyle or age group. Therefore, the character of a product is intended to appeal to the target user group. This paper

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