Abstract
Using design to improve the lives of people towards a positive flourishing state is the main premise of Positive Design. Our contribution to this growing field focuses on making use of the symbolic meaning that design can have to bolster
human happiness. This paper presents the development of a card set for designers aiming to inspire design for happiness. The card set is explored in three sessions with groups of design educators, design students and design professionals respectively to
collect diversified recommendations to improve its format and use. The resulting SIM toolkit for designers (‘Design with symbolic meaning for user happiness’), composed of a card set and a website, is disclosed and a workshop on how to use it is discussed.
human happiness. This paper presents the development of a card set for designers aiming to inspire design for happiness. The card set is explored in three sessions with groups of design educators, design students and design professionals respectively to
collect diversified recommendations to improve its format and use. The resulting SIM toolkit for designers (‘Design with symbolic meaning for user happiness’), composed of a card set and a website, is disclosed and a workshop on how to use it is discussed.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of DRS 2016 |
Subtitle of host publication | Design + Reseach + Society, Future-Focused Thinking |
Editors | Peter Lloyd, Erik Bohemia |
Place of Publication | London |
Publisher | The Design Research Society |
Pages | 1553-1571 |
Number of pages | 18 |
Volume | 9 |
Publication status | Published - 2016 |
Event | DRS 2016: Design + Research + Society, Future-Focused Thinking, The 50th Anniversary DRS Conference - Brighton, United Kingdom Duration: 27 Jun 2016 → 30 Jun 2016 http://www.drs2016.org/#drs2016 |
Publication series
Name | DRS International Conference Series |
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Publisher | The Design Research Society |
Volume | 9 |
ISSN (Electronic) | 2398-3132 |
Conference
Conference | DRS 2016 |
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Country/Territory | United Kingdom |
City | Brighton |
Period | 27/06/16 → 30/06/16 |
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Keywords
- symbolic meaning
- positive design
- happiness
- design toolkit