Empathic design for early-stage problem identification

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 5, Issue , 2010, Pages 267-276

  Ciavola, Benjamin ^a   Ning, Yan ^a   Gershenson, John K ^a  

^a Michigan Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

Design methodology; Empathic design; Empathy; Product design

Indexed keywords

AFFECTIVE RESPONSE; COGNITIVE LEVELS; COGNITIVE PROCESSING; CUSTOMER NEED; DESIGN METHODOLOGY; DESIGN PROBLEMS; DESIGN PROCESS; EMOTIONAL REACTIONS; EMPATHIC DESIGN; EMPATHY; END USERS; PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION; ROOT CAUSE; SUPPORTING DESIGN; SYSTEMATIC FRAMEWORK; USER BEHAVIORS; USER CENTERED DESIGNS; USER EXPERIENCE;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 80055003725     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/DETC2010-29111     Document Type: Conference Paper

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