(oct 2009) emotions and design, a mobile ui designer's perspective
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Working version 0.91 Presented at Mobile Monday Chicago. I made some small edits and tuned the presentation for the audience that had more experts from marketing than design.TRANSCRIPT
Emotions in UX Design… a mobile UI designer’s perspective
Mobile Monday Chicago. Oct 2009
Can you imagine…
BMW only sells you cars?
Coke just talks about their fizzy citrus drinks?
What if Diesel just promotes comfort & styles of their jeans?
All these products have several things in
common.
Why get so emotional?Why now?
Interaction design a profession is also changing
Customer loyalty has become very finicky
emotive Design
Ok then, how would one approach emotive design?
User’s alues
Context
Frameworks
Reflective
Behavioral
Visceral
SensoryInput
MotorOutput
Don Norman’s Frameworkon Relationship between Information Processing and Design Goals
Level of Information Processing
Ravi Chitturi’s Frameworkon user’s trade-offs between Hedonistic and Utilitarian Benefits
Utilitarian Benefits : Functional & usable, keeps me out of troubleHedonic Benefits : Good looking, pleasant, helps me promote myself
Expectations Met
Expectations Un-met
Expectations Met
Expectations Un-met
Delight, Excitement*
Guilt, Anxiety
Confidence, Security
Anger, Disappointment*
Insights from the Two Frameworks
• Like reliability, usability is important and expected.
• Focus on meaningful of features that matching user value and aspirations.
• Push beyond usability bring in sensorial qualities and character into interaction design.
Identifying User Value & Context of Problem
• Approach with Empathy.• Don’t just ask. Watch.• Never, ever, outsource understanding.
Tools & Methods
People & Resources
• Emotional Design – Don Norman• Making Meaning – Steve Diller, Nathan Shedroff, and Darrel
Rhea• Design & Emotions Society
– http://www.designandemotion.org/– Design & Emotions Conference 2010, Chicago
• Ravi Chitturi– Department of Marketing, Lehigh University
• Pieter Desmet: studiolab.io.tudelft.nl/desmet/• Dave Armano: http://darmano.typepad.com/logic_emotion/
About
• Alfred Lui is a Sr. User Mobile Interaction Designer in Chicago, specialized in Social Media.
• Alfred worked in Japan, Canada and United States. Led design workshops and talks in US, UK and Sweden.
• He currently lives in Chicago, but dreams about retiring in Paris.
• w: www.connection76.com• t: @connection76• e: [email protected]