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“Design for Emotion” Now Available

Trevor Van Gorp — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 14:19:31 +0000

After seven years of research and almost one and a half years of writing, I’m very pleased to announce that the book I’ve co-authored with Microsoft’s Edie Adams on designing for emotion and personality is available on Amazon. Drawing on our combined experience of over 30 years in graphic, interactive and industrial design, human factors, […]

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Get Your Free Copy of Chapter 1 of “Design for Emotion”

Trevor Van Gorp — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:13:26 +0000

UPDATED: Sept. 20: Over at the “Design for Emotion” site, you can get a free draft copy of Chapter 1 of our upcoming book, “Design for Emotion“. Get Your Draft Copy Free To get a free draft copy of Chapter 1, just sign up. When you do, we’ll send you an email with a link […]

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Edie Adams on “Two Elements of Emotional Design”

Trevor Van Gorp — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 15:48:32 +0000

Over at the Design for Emotion book blog, Edie Adams has published a short piece on two elements of emotional design. Edie introduces two elements in Japanese aesthetics that describe building moods and touching the emotions. These two elements relate to our ongoing discussion of emotional design, so be sure to check out Edie’s post. […]

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We’re Writing a Book on Emotional Design

Trevor Van Gorp — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 13:50:03 +0000

It’s been awhile since the last post here at Affective Design, but we’ve been busy. We’re very pleased to announce that we’re writing a book on emotional design, and we want you to be a part of it! Eight years ago, while working on a master’s degree in Industrial Design at the U of C, […]

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2010 Year in Review at affectivedesign.com

Trevor Van Gorp — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 23:22:49 +0000

Over at affectivedesign.com, we’ve published a short piece reviewing some of the items and events of note for us in 2010. It was a big year here, and we’re looking forward to an even bigger 2011!Â So, from everyone here at Affective Design Inc. weâ€™d like to wish you a safe and happy holiday season! […]

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“Emotional Design with A.C.T. – Pt. 1” on Boxes and Arrows

Trevor Van Gorp — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 16:09:37 +0000

Over at Boxes and Arrows, they’ve published the first part of an article I’ve been working on for some time now on how to design products with personalities that encourage the people who use them to form relationships. Part 1 of the article introduces the main concepts of emotion, attention, attraction, conversation and personality. Part […]

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“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 […]

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“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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 â€œPeopleâ€™s Choice Awardâ€ at the Eight Shapesâ€˜ sponsored “Wall of Deliverables”. Now, I’m […]

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