A tool for meaning driven materials selection

Karana, Elvin; Hekkert, Paul; Kandachar, Prabhu

doi:10.1016/j.matdes.2009.12.021

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“…If the latter is the case, the effect of roughness on warmth perception might gain importance when choosing a material for an application in which users are likely to touch the material frequently, like doors and stairs. Nonetheless, as material perception is context-dependent [35,36], the results presented here should be considered within the context of indoor wall applications.…”

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Red or rough, what makes materials warmer?

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“…Thus, a meaning of a material can not be reduced to a single property or a single sensory domain (Karana et al, 2010). Therefore, it is not possible to define simple design rules for a certain material-meaning relationship.…”

Section: Bio-plastics In Designmentioning

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“…Therefore, it is not possible to define simple design rules for a certain material-meaning relationship. Nevertheless, there are some patterns that identify how materials obtain their meanings (Karana, 2009;Karana et al, 2010). A material, for instance, may express professionalism when it is smooth and dark (coloured), when it's used in an office environment and when certain technical properties are combined for enhancing its function (e.g.…”

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Characterization of ‘natural’ and ‘high-quality’ materials to improve perception of bio-plastics

Karana

2012

Journal of Cleaner Production

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“…The function of an object directly affects the way we perceive the materials from which it is made and what these materials express [24,25]. Yet few material studies exploring tactile and aesthetic preferences focus on individual products -most utilize small swatches of material devoid of context (e.g.…”

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Cosmetic obsolescence? User perceptions of new and artificially aged materials

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This paper presents the findings of a user study which explored tactile and aesthetic responses to new and artificially aged mobile phone cases made from bamboo, walnut, cork, leather, brushed titanium, plastic and rubber. The paper outlines test methods for accelerated ageing of the external enclosures of consumer electronics based on the types of wear experienced in use, and the use of semantic differential scales (SDS) to probe user attitudes to these materials. The results indicate that preferences for the materials tested were extremely subjective, and even a single participant can have conflicting requirements for the characteristics of the materials (for example, sleek and shiny yet easy to grip). Whilst in general participants preferred the new materials and saw the ageing process as negative, there were examples where the aged samples either scored more highly due to durability (titanium) or received positive comments about the aesthetic changes caused by severe ageing (bamboo and leather). This study captured the participants' immediate, visceral response to the materials, which may be very different to their feelings towards materials and objects that they have owned and interacted with for a period of time.

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A tool for meaning driven materials selection

Cited by 81 publications

References 10 publications

Red or rough, what makes materials warmer?

Red or rough, what makes materials warmer?

Characterization of ‘natural’ and ‘high-quality’ materials to improve perception of bio-plastics

Cosmetic obsolescence? User perceptions of new and artificially aged materials

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