Welcome to Affect - the Centre for Affective Design Research at Massey University.  We focus on creating desirable, meaningful and appropriate experiences through theoretical and applied design research projects.

20/03/2009
On the 20th of November 2008 Affect - the Centre for Affective Design Research presented an explorative workshop Visions for the Future Kitchen which was hosted by Fisher and Paykel in Dunedin.
10/11/2008
On the 10th and 11th of November 2008 Affect - the Centre for Affective Design Research hosted a workshop: Industrial Competitiveness through Design for Desirability, at Massey University in Wellington.
22/05/2008
On the 22nd and 23rd of May 2008 Affect - the Centre for Affective Design Research presented a Product Experience workshop hosted by Tait Electronics in Christchurch.
06/04/2009
A young researcher from France is set to find out more about the best alpine backpacks that New Zealand has to offer. More..
04/04/2009
The 'Bird House’ project is a multi disciplinary approach focused on the design and development of quality affordable homes. More..
02/04/2009
This project is about developing an interactive and systematic product design development tool: web-based product design guidelines that aims to support professional and novice product designers in practice and education. More..