Designing pleasurable products. Human factors considerations are increasingly being incorporated into the product design process. Users are seen more as being important factors in the overall look and usability of products than just as passive users. The author looks at approaches that assume that if a task can be accomplished with a reasonable degree of efficienc and within acceptable levels of comfort, then the product can be seen as fitting to the user. In this book it is argued that in practice these approaches can be dehumanising.
People are more than merely physical and cognitive processors.
They have hopes, fears, dreams, values and aspirations, indeed these are the very things that make us human. Designing Pleasurable Products looks both at and beyond usability, considering how products can appeal to use holistically, leading to products that are a joy to own. InfoDesign Bookwatch is compiled and edited by Piet Westendorp and Karel van der Waarde.