Emma Heijerman wins Thesis Prize
The Dutch national Hoormij Foundation awards a biennial thesis prize for students from all faculties and universities of applied sciences in the Netherlands who have written a master’s thesis in…
moreThe Dutch national Hoormij Foundation awards a biennial thesis prize for students from all faculties and universities of applied sciences in the Netherlands who have written a master’s thesis in…
moreThe Journal “RChD: Creación y Pensamiento” is a bi-annual, non-profit periodical published by the Design Department of the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism of the Universidad de Chile. Its objective…
more700+ Product Emotion (inspiration booklet) Think of emotions – what comes first to mind? Perhaps joy, anger, fear, surprise, or love. Indeed, these are some of the emotions that all…
moreOverview One of the most enriching relationships of human beings is the relationship between owner and companion-animal, including more specifically the relationship between owner and cat. This project is about…
moreOn June 1st, Dr. Anna Pohlmeyer will give a keynote presentation at the Conference “Health Supported by Technology”, organized by the Center for eHealth & Wellbeing Research of the University…
moreIn his recurring column in the (Dutch) Journal of Positive Psychology (Tijdschrift Positieve Psychologie), Pieter Desmet describes inspiring well-being-driven products and services designed by students and researchers of the TU…
moreEmpowering urban youth to explore and use their talents. Teenagers hanging out on the streets are often assumed to be up to no good. However, their behavior might be misinterpreted.…
moreDr. Anna Pohlmeyer has been invited to the Global Dialogue for Happiness and the World Government Summit to explore the potential of Design for Happiness for workplace environments and public…
moreWork and study environments that facilitate creative design processes—so called creative spaces—have gained an increased interest in the past years. The question if, and if yes how the physical environment could…
moreOn Thursday 11 January, Jay Yoon successfully defended his thesis ‘Escaping the emotional blur: Design tools for facilitating positive emotional granularity’. The doctoral committee of the thesis was: Prof. Pieter…
moreThree leading researchers in the fields of design, human-computer interaction, and psychology presented their latest research and share their insights into the interplay between social sciences and design research: prof.…
moreThe November issue of Juist Magazine published an interview with Pieter Desmet (in Dutch). In the interview he reflects on his research, his driving forces, and his academic challenges: “we…
moreFrom October 2018 onwards, three PhD projects are available in the “design for mood regulation” research project. Job description For these projects, we are looking for three ambitious PhD candidates…
moreFrom October 20-22, a dozen invited, international guests from varied disciplines will join members of Stamps School of Art & Design, University of Michigan, in Midtown Detroit. Anna Pohlmeyer has…
moreHow do you feel and think about your body characteristics? How do others feel and think about your body characteristics? As we see, exchange and relate to many different people…
moreAnna Pohlmeyer has been invited to give a talk at this year’s MCE conference. MCE is the largest Central and Eastern European technology conference, held in Warsaw for the past…
morePieter Desmet 5-year project October 2017 – October 2022 Principal Investigator: Pieter Desmet Contact: Pieter Desmet / p.m.a.desmet[at]tudelft.nl Can beds cheer up hospital patients? Can classrooms revitalise children? Can airplanes…
moreDIOPD offers a two-day masterclass on “Design for Emotion and Happiness” for (design) professionals. The masterclass is organised every two years as part of the IDE Master Class series. More…
moreDesign students who are interested in collaborating with DIOPD researchers, can participate with a research internship. More info: http://diopd.org/collaborationsresearch-internships/
moreDesign students who want to contribute to the DIOPD knowledge and/or design portfolio can participate with a Master Thesis project. For examples of previous projects, see: http://diopd.org/projects/design-projects/
moreCourse Contents This course focuses on emotion-driven design theory and methodology – design processes with a predefined (and specified) intended effect on the emotions of the users. The aim is…
moreCourse contents Happiness and human flourishing is a universal human goal, yet, until recently, it has hardly been explicitly incorporated in design. Happiness is understood here as “subjective well-being” that…
moreFor the 20th edition of Design Matters at Pakhuis de Zwijger in Amsterdam on February 23, design journalist Jeroen Junte will host an evening on the topic ‘Designer Manifesto’ and…
moreThis paper reports a study that explored the usefulness of positive emotional granularity (PEG) in the product development process. PEG re ects the ability to interpret and represent the experience…
moreCard-based design tools have gained popularity as a means to communicate research insights and to make them usable in a design process. There are various examples of card tools and…
moreSymbolically meaningful possessions have the ability to make intentions tangible, to remind of aspirations and to keep successes fresh. This videography is a compilation of stories about objects with symbolic…
moreAt the Design and Emotion Conference 2016, a 90-minute workshop was conducted to accompany a short paper and a poster, aiming to communicate Mafalda’s research on happiness-related symbolic meaning, and disseminate the…
moreThis paper introduces Pick-A-Mood, a character-based pictorial scale for reporting and expressing moods. Pick-A-Mood consists of three characters that each express eight mood states, representing four main categories: excited and…
moreSince humans are overshooting three of nine planetary boundaries (Rockström et al. 2009), “curbing consumption” is seen as one of five priorities for sustainable development that focus on human behavior…
moreA potent way of designing for emotion is to design for concerns. However, people have multiple, and often, conflicting concerns. Such conflicts create emotional dilemmas: One may need to spend…
moreThe current article explores the effect of design on the efficacy of behavioural intervention technologies (BITs). With a user-centred design process, colourful key ring coins were created as a means…
moreOn July 4, “Psychology of Wellbeing” published a special issue on Positive Computing. For that issue Pieter Desmet acted as guest editor, in collaboration with Rafael Calvo, Dianne Vella-Brodrick, and…
moreUsing 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…
moreDIOPD hosted a Positive Design workshop (June 27) at the DRS conference (Brighton, June 27-30). The workshop focused on design for well-being, discussing theory, tools, and techniques. Participants used the material on…
moreThis year’s PhD Day was built under the theme ‘Flip the faculty’, allowing the PhD candidates to discuss, confront, and predict the future of research at IDE. DIOPD’s PhD candidates…
moreDuring the 29th version of the International Book Fair in Bogota, Colombia (19 Apr – 2 May), the Spanish edition of the Positive Design Reference Guide by Simon Jimenez, Anna…
moreSantiago De Francisco Vela was invited to present his project “The meaningfulness of saving money” at INTEC, located in the Dominican Republic. INTEC is a technological institute that has an…
moreThis paper introduces a theory-based approach to design for mood regulation. The main proposition is that design can best influence mood by enabling and stimulating people to engage in a…
moreThe act of saving money can connect one’s present state to a meaningful future state, es- pecially if we consider money not as a direct source of happiness, but as…
moreDuring the Dutch Design Week (Sat 17 Oct – Sun 25 Oct), DIOPD participates in the exhibition ‘Mind the Step’. Jay Yoon, Pieter Desmet and Anna Pohlmeyer will show a…
moreIn current behavioural approaches to Design for Sustainability, collectively labelled Design for Sustainable Behaviour (DfSB), the main focus is on “mitigating, controlling or blocking unsustainable or inappropriate behaviour by users”…
moreVolkskrant Magazine, September 26, 2016, no. 751, pp. 62-67 (in Dutch) Link to the magazine: http://bit.ly/1ZYFDR7
moreOn October 15, the Tijdschrift Positieve Psychology (Positive Psychology Journal; in Dutch) will be launched with a dedicated conference on Positive Psychology. DIOPD has been invited to organise a session on Positive Design at…
moreThe DIOPD has been invited to contribute to the “2015 Rotterdam Route of Happiness.” For two days, this route focuses on the happiness of all Rotterdam inhabitants with a host…
moreOn June 23, 2015, Govert Flint, designer of the ‘bionic chair’ and director of the Institute for Applied Motions (Eindhoven, NL) visits the DIOPD. He will give a guest lecture…
moreBecause products are often discarded while still fully functioning, it may be possible to support durability with design that stimulates a more enduring product-owner relationship. This paper is based on…
moreThe Positive Design Award Are you a creative? Do you and /or your team design the best new Positive Product? Do you want to win the Joolz Positive Design Award of…
moreOn June 15, 2015, dr. Calvo, co-author of “Positive Computing” visits the DIOPD. Dr. Calvo is Professor at the University of Sydney and co-director of the Software Engineering Group that focuses on the…
moreOn May 20, Pieter Desmet gave a keynote lecture at the Spring Event of the Dutch Regional Science Association. The theme of the event was “Happy Cities.” The event was…
moreUniversity of Twente organizes CuriousU, a summer school on health and happiness that aims to develop an understanding of how to improve health and well-being through technological interventions. The courses…
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