Time Factor of Core Emotions Derived From Design Materials: Towards a Deeper Understanding of Product Experience

Impressions and emotions affect both the selection of a product and its long-term use. We need to investigate the origins of emotions from designed products in order to create better product designs. This study focuses on the time factor of emotions, particularly on the impression formation of product design materials. We conducted an experiment to observe how participants experienced a set of product design materials. We identified and compared the core emotions formed early in the process and the accompanying experiences from the entire session. The results suggest that the provided designed products elicit core emotions that are usually formed on first contact with the materials, are strongly associated with basic emotions, and define what people think about the use of the products. These findings are important in helping to improve product design and the design of products that evoke emotional attachments