Exploring Emotional Design

Author: Trevor Van Gorp

Affective Design Theory Emotional Services

LEMTool – Experiment #1

Kevin Capota, a master’s student at Twente University, is running the first experiment to test out his Layered Emotion Measurement Tool…

Pharmaceutical Advertising Relies on Emotional Appeal

Post author By Trevor Van Gorp
Post date Feb. 4, 2007
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Medical News Today has an article about how pharmaceutical advertising relies on appeals to consumer’s emotions rather than on providing information…

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Older People Are Less Affected By Unpleasant Info?

Post author By Trevor Van Gorp
Post date Jan. 31, 2007
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Reuters has an article about how older people are less affected by unpleasant information. This is an interesting finding, since it has previously been found that negative, unpleasant information is more motivating and captures more attention than positive information…

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“Affluenza” and Consumerism

Post author By Trevor Van Gorp
Post date Jan. 26, 2007
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Reuters has an article about “Affluenza“; how rampant consumerism appears to be increasing the incidence of depression and mental illness all over the globe…

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Retailers Use Emotions for Persuasion

Post author By Trevor Van Gorp
Post date Jan. 23, 2007
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Last September, I was in Sweden to give a presentation at Design and Emotion 2006. While shopping in a local department store, I came across a pair of pants that I liked…

Emotion & Business Opinions Product Personalities

The Personality of Apple’s Products

Post author By Trevor Van Gorp
Post date Jan. 16, 2007
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The recent introduction of the iPhone has me thinking again about how Apple excels at communicating a consistent personality for each of their products…

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One Step Closer To Emotional Machines

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Post date Jan. 11, 2007
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The Christian Science Monitor has an article on recent advances in affective computing…

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Pain, Pleasure and Purchase Decisions

Post author By Trevor Van Gorp
Post date Jan. 10, 2007
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An article on ScienceBlog.com discusses how researchers have used a functional MRI to image the brains of shoppers while they make purchase decisions…