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The Role of Pleasure Criteria in Product Design: An Integrated Approach in Ergonomics and Hedonomics (A Review)

1Industrial Design Department, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran


Research in Psychology and Behavioral Sciences. 2015, Vol. 3 No. 3, 39-50
DOI: 10.12691/rpbs-3-3-1
Copyright © 2015 Science and Education Publishing

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Hassan Sadeghi Naeini, Sara Mostowfi. The Role of Pleasure Criteria in Product Design: An Integrated Approach in Ergonomics and Hedonomics (A Review). Research in Psychology and Behavioral Sciences. 2015; 3(3):39-50. doi: 10.12691/rpbs-3-3-1.

Correspondence to: Hassan  Sadeghi Naeini, Industrial Design Department, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran. Email: naeini@iust.ac.ir

Abstract

This review article aims at analyzing the newest articles about product pleasure that expanded underneath of hedonomics subject. Hedonomis encounters product and environmental designers, services designer with new and efficient process that is expected to presenting an effective and favorable product or services. In this review article 4382 articles were extracted from the Emerald, Ebsco, Elsavior, Pubmed search engines in last decade published papers. By initial inclusion and exclusion criteria and abstracts reading twelve articles as the final ones were selected for in depth reading and analyzing. The main keywords for our search were “product”, “design”, “hedonomics” and “ergonomics”. Our findings show the significance of interaction of ergonomics and hedonomics to achieve the functionality of pleasure and pleasant emotion in product design besides, with regarding recent review article, literature research, experiences about evaluating and ergonomic design, we suggest a model for pleasurable products design according to an integrated approach on ergonomics and hedonomics. In this model the triple engagement of design- product-consumer was regarded, and interface of these three subjects is showing the importance of ergonomics, hedonomics and the necessity of solidity conflation in product perception, needs, safety, desired, and consumer morality, with consideration aesthetic principal. Undoubtedly, the joy in use and product pleasure is center hub in relationship between product design and consumer, Which should be considered by designers.

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