Dear Gunnar.
Shouldn't all designed products, material or immaterial, be aimed at
improved functioning, which must encompass [design] theories which considers
as well body as mind?
Isn't this exactly the problem we are often facing, not least what concerns
design for sustainability, that theories within i.e. environmental
engineering are not configured/does not connect to theories within
sociology, cognitive psychology etc.
Best wishes
Kristina
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From: "Gunnar Swanson" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 2:40 AM
Subject: Re: A new field of design research
> On Apr 29, 2010, at 8:22 PM, Terence Love wrote:
>> I wonder how you would see it as connecting theories of say emotional
>> design
>> and engineering design?
>
> Is there a reason to assume that theories of emotional design and
> engineering design should be connected (beyond any assumptions that
> everything is connected)?
>
> Gunnar
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