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Orcun, E., & Desmet, P. M. A. (2022). Positive design during a pandemic. Base, Diseño E Innovación, 7(6), 12-29. https://doi.org/10.52611/bdi.num6.2022.776 Positive design during a pandemic

Kermavnar, T., & Desmet , P. M. A. (2022). Games for COVID-19. Base, Diseño E Innovación, 7(6), 30-48. https://doi.org/10.52611/bdi.num6.2022.779 Games for COVID-19: A need-based exploration of gamified interventions

Soto, M., Xue, H., & Tsekleves, E. (2022). Design for balance: wellness and health. Base, Diseño E Innovación, 7(6), 4-11. https://doi.org/10.52611/bdi.num6.2022.786 Design for balance: Wellness and health

DIOPD researchers Pieter Desmet and Haian Xue, together with colleagues from Beijing Normal University (Xin Xin and Wei Liu), received AHFE 2022 Best Paper Award (Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship). Congratulations!…

Healing a wounded hart: A first aid kit for emotional injuries Design by Erika Hajdu Download (Dutch | English) Reference Desmet, P.M.A. (2022). Een EHBO-doos voor emotionele verwondingen: Eerste hulp bij een gebroken…

Harmony in Design: A Synthesis of Literature from Classical Philosophy, the Sciences, Economics, and Design

Chill, Fiery, Slack, and Five Other Vibes: A Phenomenological Inquiry into Group Mood

The Eye Inward and the Eye Outward: Introducing a Framework for Mood-Sensitive Service Encounters

The architecture of creativity: Toward a causal theory of creative workspace design

Light & Shadow: A chandelier as a walk through the forest Design by Wim aan de Stegge Download (Dutch | English) Reference Desmet, P.M.A. (2020). Licht en schaduw: Een kroonluchter…

Designing for Positive Emotions: Issues and Emerging Research Directions

Émotions à la carte: Exploring emotional paradoxes through edible DIY-Materials for product design

From Discovery to Application: What to Expect when Designing with Dilemmas

Find out more from the following page Meaningful Voice Interactions: How to design smart speakers that foster well-being

Researcher Introspection for Experience-driven Design (by Haian Xue and Pieter Desmet) has been nominated for Design Studies 2019 Best Paper Award. Full paper available here. Hope you enjoy the reading.

Our latest paper Mood Granularity for Design has been published online by International Journal of Design on 30 April 2020. This paper reports a holistic typology of 20 mood states…

The Positive Design Reference Guide was published in 2015, and has been available since then through print-on-demand and for online viewing. Now we also have a PDF version available, which…

The power of placebo – Designing for contextual healing: Fostering placebo mechanisms by increasing patients’ belief in physiotherapeutic hand treatments

Me & My Smartphone: A Study into the Well-being Paradox of Phones Design by Matthijs de Koning Download (Dutch | English) Reference Desmet, P.M.A. (2019). Ik en mijn Smartphone: Een…

  Design for taboo of menstruation and well-being of women in India  

– One-day conference – April 5, 2019 – TU Delft Teaching Lab – 09:00 – 17:00 Call for participation We invite you for a one-day conference on “Design for Wellbeing…

After the successful launch of the digital version of the Design for Happiness Deck, it is now also available to order in hard copy! If you want the beautiful printed…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Do you want to listen to an online keynote that brings together dilemma-driven design and food design? Watch online either on the website of the Third International Conference on Food…

Delft Institute of Positive Design hosts many unique research and design projects. Dilemma-driven design is one of these projects that started in 2011 and has been growing. There is now…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

InnovationLab is a project designed as a laboratory in which bachelor students, PhD researchers, and experts from various fields can think about and design for the “city of the future”,…

On March 20, the United Nations ‘International Day of Happiness’, Simon Jimenez, Anna Pohlmeyer, and Pieter Desmet launched the Positive Design Reference Guide. The guide provides anyone who is interested…