affect projects
Successful product design today is about much more than simply creating products that do the things you want them to. It’s all about offering the consumer products that are appealing—socially, emotionally and cognitively. We call this area "affective product design". Functionality and usability are still key characteristics for a good product, but unless the product is instantly appealing and continues to appeal its long term success is not given.
25/08/2010
The 2009 Surplus and Creativity: Design and the Readymade
competition aimed to stimulate affiliates of Affect to
engage in a playful and creative way with the concept of the
readymade. More..
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..
17/11/2009
In the 21st century products of all kinds, shapes and forms
are manufactured at unprecedented rates. They fill our
homes, offices, and storage spaces. When the lives of these
products are over, they are dumped or discarded to storage.
These surplus ‘things' still contain embedded value,
untold stories, and the possibility of different
applications and life in a third age. More..
03/08/2009
This project was a three phase trial that was run as part of
the postgraduate paper People, Technology and Design which
considers people in relation to the physical environment and
design technology. The trial employed two different
assessment methods each requiring interaction with two
different backpacks. 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..
31/03/2009
Affect supports a range of Fourth Year Bachelor of Design
projects within Massey University's College of Creative
Arts. The following are brief descriptions of ongoing and
completed Fourth Year projects. More..
27/03/2009
The most significant externally funded research initiative
that Affect has undertaken is the Tertiary Education
Commission funded Growth and Innovation Pilot Initiative
(GIPI): Industrial Competitiveness through Design for
Desirability. This grant of $1 035 000.00 is the largest
single grant for Industrial Design research in New Zealand
history. More..
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. The workshop was opened by Dr Mark
Goellner who spoke on the background of Design for
Desirability. Mike Jensen of Fisher and Paykel presented
Izona - Desirable Kitchen Appliances, a case study of the
Fisher and Paykel award winning Izona product range. This
talk was open to the public. A great deal of discussion
about subtlety of design understanding in response to the
human condition was generated. More..
23/03/2009
Affect supports a range of Master of Design projects within
Massey University's College of Creative Arts. The
following are brief descriptions of ongoing and completed
Masters projects. More..
In November 2005, Affect - the Centre for Affective Design
Research presented a two day workshop: Natural Disaster
Solutions - when the environment kicks back, in
Christchurch. More..
In November 2005, Affect - the Centre for Affective Design
Research presented a workshop, New Product Opportunities -
giving shape to vision, in Wellington. More..
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. The
workshop was opened by Dr Anders Warell and dealt with the
subject of product experience and its consequence for
design, Anders introduced the Perceptual Product Experience
Framework (PPE); a tool for understanding the pleasure and
emotional experience of products by examining the
impression, appreciation, emotion, recognition,
comprehension and associations that result from product
experience. More..
At this year's Bernhardt Design ICFF Studio, Northwards
Design Studio will be launching Pythagoras, a
production-ready prototype, and looking for a manufacturing
partner to take the product to market. More..
On Friday the 29th of May 2009 The Challenges of Ageing
seminar was held at Massey University's Wellington campus.
The seminar explored the challenges to all aspects of
society of successfully responding to the requirements of an
increasing aged population and their changing lifestyle. The
seminar was sponsored by The New Zealand Ergonomics
Society, Affect - the centre for affective design research
and Massey University. More..
Affect - the Centre for Affective Design Research presented
a two day workshop, Smart Houses: Incursions into the
intelligent environment, in Auckland in November 2005. More..
18/03/2009
A young researcher from Denmark is set to find out more
about kitchen life. Mette joined the AFFECT research
centre as a visiting researcher from mid September to the
beginning of December 2008. More..
20/11/2008
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. More..