Product aesthetics

Product Experience

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 259-285

  Hekkert, Paul ^a   Leder, Helmut ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

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EID: 85120406871     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-008045089-6.50013-7     Document Type: Chapter

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