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Understanding the Dynamics of Emotions During the Design Process

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Design for Tomorrow—Volume 2

Part of the book series: Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies ((SIST,volume 222))

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Research on emotion and design literature has relied primarily on the product generated by the designers and the emotional experience felt by the users while using the product. A limited number of studies have addressed the dynamics of the designer's emotions during the design process. This exploratory study attempts to understand the emotional experience of designers during the design process with supporting empirical evidence. Twenty-five designers were asked to carry out a design task for a limited period of time. The data was analyzed using the FBS ontology framework, linkography, and PANAS ratings to establish the dynamics of the emotions during the design process based on the video and audio recordings of the task. This study demonstrates mostly positive affect throughout the design process with associated high entropy scores and high outcomes, where the affective states varied between different time intervals and at different phases of the design process.

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    Mritunjay Kumar, Satyaki Roy, Braj Bhushan & Swati Mittal

  2. Indian Institute of Technology (ISM) Dhanbad, Dhanbad, India

    Ahmed Sameer

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    Bharat Sarkar

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Kumar, M., Roy, S., Bhushan, B., Sameer, A., Mittal, S., Sarkar, B. (2021). Understanding the Dynamics of Emotions During the Design Process. In: Chakrabarti, A., Poovaiah, R., Bokil, P., Kant, V. (eds) Design for Tomorrow—Volume 2. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 222. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-0119-4_38

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