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 Journal “RChD: Creación y Pensamiento”—Special Issue on Emotional Design
The 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…
moreProduct Emotion Inspiration Booklet
700+ 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…
moreTelltail: Understanding feline behavior and personality to increase the human-animal bond in order to prevent owner-surrender
Overview 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…
moreBrave New Tech at Health Supported by Technology
On 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…
morePositive Design in Journal of Positive Psychology
In 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…
moreEmbassy of Youth
Empowering 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.…
moreGlobal Dialogue for Happiness + World Government Summit
Dr. 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…
moreMapping the creative workspace
Work 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…
moreDoctoral thesis defence of Jay Yoon
On 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…
moreSymposium: What can the social sciences learn from design research?
Three 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.…
moreInterview with Pieter Desmet on Positive Design in Juist Magazine
The 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…
moreThree PhD projects on design for mood regulation
From 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…
moreDesign Salon on Design + Happiness + Futures
From 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…
moreWorkshop on Body Perspectives
How 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…
moreMCE conference: Not more, but more meaningful technology
Anna 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…
moreFrom gloomy to cheerful: Mood regulation by design
Pieter 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…
morePositive Design Masterclass
DIOPD 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…
moreResearch internship
Design students who are interested in collaborating with DIOPD researchers, can participate with a research internship. More info: http://diopd.org/collaborationsresearch-internships/
moreMaster thesis project
Design 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/
moreID5564 Design for Emotion
Course 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…
moreID5563 Design for Happiness
Course 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…
moreDesigner Manifesto – Anna Pohlmeyer at Design Matters
For 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…
moreWhen ‘Feeling Good’ is not Good Enough: Seven Key Opportunities for Emotional Granularity in Product Development
This 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…
moreDeveloping Usage Guidelines for a Card-Based Design Tool: A Case of the Positive Emotional Granularity Cards
Card-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…
moreMeaningful Things: Exploring the Symbolic Meaning of the Material Environment and its Impact on Happiness (videography)
Symbolically 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…
moreDesigning for happiness: A workshop about symbolic meaning
At 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…
moreMood measurement with Pick-A-Mood: review of current methods and design of a pictorial self-report scale
This 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…
moreHarnessing the role of meaning in products and services to foster eco-sufficient user behavior
Since 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…
moreBeyond Resolving Dilemmas: Three Design Directions for Addressing Intrapersonal Concern Conflicts
A 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…
moreForm Matters: Design Creativity in Positive Psychological Interventions
The 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…
moreSpecial Issue on Positive Computing
On 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 symbolic meaning as a means to design for happiness: The development of a card set for designers
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…
moreDIOPD @ DRS conference
DIOPD 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…
moreDIOPD presented prototypes at the PhD day of IDE, TU Delft
This 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…
moreLaunch of the Spanish edition of the Positive Design Reference Guide
During 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…
moreGuest Lecturer at INTEC in The Dominican Republic
Santiago 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…
moreDesign for Mood: Twenty Activity-Based Opportunities to Design for Mood Regulation
This 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…
moreFeeding Your Piggy Bank with Intentions: A Study on Saving Behaviour, Saving strategies, and Happiness
The 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…
moreDIOPD presents the design tool ‘emotionPrism’ at the Mind the Step exhibition during the Dutch Design Week
During 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…
moreDesigning for Personal and Environmental Wellbeing
In 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
Volkskrant Magazine, September 26, 2016, no. 751, pp. 62-67 (in Dutch) Link to the magazine: http://bit.ly/1ZYFDR7
moreDIOPD contributes to the launch event of the Dutch Positive Psychology Journal
On 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…
moreDIOPD contributes to the 2015 Rotterdam Route of Happiness
The 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…
moreGovert Flint visits DIOPD
On 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…
moreExtending product life by introducing symbolic meaning
Because 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
The 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…
moreProf. Dr. Rafael Calvo visits Delft Institute of Positive Design
On 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…
moreHappy Cities
On 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…
moreDesign for symbolic meaning that supports user happiness
University 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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