affective design

“Emotional Design with A.C.T.” at the 2010 IA Summit

Trevor van Gorp — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 03:58:30 +0000

I’ve given talks at a number of conferences over the years, but the 2010 IA Summit was my first time presenting both a talk and a poster. The poster session was held on Friday evening, on the first day of the conference. This really seemed to add to the energy as everyone was energized and [...]

“Design for Emotion and Flow” at the 2010 IA Summit

Trevor van Gorp — Fri, 21 May 2010 04:42:53 +0000

After a couple of years off, it was great to be back at the IA Summit in Phoenix this past April, and even better to give a talk on Design for Emotion and Flow... This new talk is based on the Boxes and Arrows article of the same name, but includes a number of new [...]

AffectiveDesign.com Launches

Trevor van Gorp — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 15:32:05 +0000

After many hours of work, late nights and a lot of coffee, we’re very pleased to announce the launch of AffectiveDesign.com! AffectiveDesign.com is meant to offer readers and customers a clearer sense of what it is we do here at Affective Design. You can browse our services, learn more about the company, see examples of [...]

Comcast Experience Maps

Trevor van Gorp — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:45:58 +0000

Over at the nForm User Experience Blog, Gene Smith has published the Experience Maps we created for Comcast’s now discontinued Game Invasion site. Back when I was at nForm, we were hired to help Comcast deepen their understanding of their customers for the creation of a gaming site. Creating the Experience Maps with Gene was [...]

Swimlanes Now Part of Eight Shapes “Unify”

Trevor van Gorp — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:55:50 +0000

Back in 2008, I blogged about the Swimlanes document that my colleague, Yvonne Shek and I created while I was a consultant at nForm. The Swimlanes document (which is card #12 in the UX Methods Trading Cards) won the 2008 IA Summit “People’s Choice Award” at the Eight Shapes‘ sponsored “Wall of Deliverables”. Now, I’m [...]

Contributions to Deconstructing Product Design

Trevor van Gorp — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:40:41 +0000

Happy New Year! Back in November, 2008, I wrote a post on behalf of William Lidwell asking the readers of affectivedesign.org to submit comments and observations for possible inclusion in William Lidwell and Gerry Manacsa‘s new book; Deconstructing Product Design. At the time, I submitted some comments and observations of my own. So I was [...]

UX Camp Edmonton

Trevor van Gorp — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:15:54 +0000

Affective Design is proud to sponsor the first user experience camp in Edmonton. UX Camp is being put on by my colleagues and former co-workers down at nForm User Experience and Grant MacEwan College’s Design Studies program. The camp will run from 8:30am to 4:30pm, Saturday, July 18th. If you’re interested in attending, head over [...]

How to Be Happy in Business

Trevor van Gorp — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 22:46:09 +0000

Over at What Consumes Me, Bud Cadell has a great Venn diagram depicting the three aspects of work that intersect to produce happiness. This great diagram really captures the essence of achieving durable fulfillment in your work. And because your work will comprise a large amount of the time you spend living your life, it’s [...]

Edmonton.ca Voted Best Local Website

Trevor van Gorp — Thu, 21 May 2009 17:14:42 +0000

affective design is proud to announce that one of its latest user experience projects has been voted the Best Local Website in the annual See Magazine Readers Poll…Every year, See Magazine conducts the “Best of Edmonton” survey to get readers’ views on the best that Edmonton has to offer. affective design has been working with [...]

An Interview with Rollout Custom Wallpaper – Pt.2

Trevor van Gorp — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 05:07:50 +0000

In Part 1 of this interview, I spoke with Rollout co-founders Anita Modha and Johnathan Nodrick about creating emotional experiences with their custom wallcoverings. In Part 2 of this interview, we talk more about the emotional experience of Rollout’s work. TvG: How would you characterize the emotional experience of people who get to be in [...]