Cultural differences in product design: a study of differences between the South Korean and the Dutch kitchen environment

Journal of Design Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 16-33

  de Leur, K R ^a   Drukker, J W ^a   Christiaans, H H C M ^a   de Rijk, T R A ^a  

^a FACULTY OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN ENGINEERING   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cultural diversity; cultural probes; culture; focus group method; kitchen environment; product design

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249159563     PISSN: 17483050     EISSN: 15691551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/jdr.2006.010794     Document Type: Article

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