Hi Toon,
I recommend Alain de Botton's 'The Architecture of Happiness' to all my 2nd year Architecture Students. It is not deeply theoretical, but it is easy to access, a wonderful text to read and one that I revisit myself, every few years.
http://www.alaindebotton.com/architecture.asp
Hope this helps.
Lindy
:: lindy osborne ::
B Arch, PG Dip Arch, BOAQ [3368]
lecturer in architecture + phd candidate
School of Design - Faculty of Built Environment + Engineering - Queensland University of Technology
2 George Street - GPO Box 2434 - Brisbane QLD 4001 Australia - Cricos No. 00213J
On 4/07/11 7:18 PM, "toon" <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
Hi,
I am an student product design and
would like to write my bachelor thesis
on happiness and design.
When I studied Social Psychology it
didn't really work out form me. I wanted
to do something that would make me
happy, when I was going to have to do
it for the rest of my life. This is how I
ended up studying product design.
In my opinion making choices is very
much depends on what we think is the
outcome (and will this outcome make
us happy)
I am very interested in how this works
with the products we use every day,
how we (as product designers) can
use this to make better products. And
what (if there are any) the morel/ethical
implications are.
Thanks
Toon
On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 9:32 AM, toon <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
Hi all,
I would like to get some reading suggestions
on happiness and design. Maybe even
implications this has for motivation and
or ethics.
Thanks
Toon
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