Application of product semantics to footwear design. Part I—Identification of footwear semantic space applying diferential semantics

Alcántara, Enrique; Artacho, MA; González, Juan Carlos; García, Ana Cruz

doi:10.1016/j.ergon.2005.02.005

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“…The physical features of the living room and the limited number of activities performed there contribute to this safety perception (Alcántara et al 2005;Weber Corseuil et al 2012). The kitchen and the living room are usually where functional objects, such as the stove, other appliances (kitchen), the TV, the sofa, and the computer (living room), needed for daily routine activities are located.…”

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“…Studies have revealed that the design and physical features of the living environment as well as the arrangement of furniture influence the safety perception of the older adults (Alcántara et al 2005;Ishihara et al 1997). Moreover, Zamora et al (2008) suggested that despite a higher number of fall incidents in some areas of an apartment, older people feel safer owing to the presence of some physical features that are specially designed for the older persons.…”

Section: The Perceived Safety In Older Adults' Housesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Assessing the quality of the indoor environment of senior housing for a better mobility: a Swedish case study

Bamzar

2018

J Hous and the Built Environ

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The aims of this article are to assess the quality of the indoor living environment of a senior housing (rental apartments for older adults aged 65+) in Hässelgården, Stockholm Municipality (Sweden's capital), in 2014, in relation to their mobility, and to suggest improvement strategies. First, the physical indoor environment of older adults is examined via a fieldwork checklist devised in accordance with the principles of universal design (UD). Second, their indoor environment is assessed through a survey that includes subjective questions about seniors' use of space, experience of falls, and safety perception. Third, the study explores whether the applications of UD in the seniors' indoor living environment contribute to the understanding of their use of space, experience of falls, and safety perception. Fieldwork inspections and a detailed survey with residents are used as a basis for the empirical analysis. Overall, 27 out of 56 questionnaires were collected, and ten apartments have been visited in the fieldwork. Findings indicate that the living room has the highest UD score compared with those for the kitchen and the bedroom. The older adults spend most of their time in the living room and the kitchen. A low UD score (e.g. kitchen and bedroom) is associated with a higher number of falls but not with low levels of safety perception and use of space. The article concludes with suggestions to improve housing safety of Hässelgården's senior housing, which may also help prevent falls in the older population elsewhere.

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Section: The Perceived Safety In Older Adults' Housesmentioning

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Assessing the quality of the indoor environment of senior housing for a better mobility: a Swedish case study

Bamzar

2018

J Hous and the Built Environ

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“…Aspects such as function, performance, efficiency and ergonomics can be conveyed to some extent by the visual form of the product [19]. Customers' emotional response is derived from their perception of cultural attributes expressed by products, playing a significant role in their visual appearance [20]. As a result, form is the key factor for innovative products.…”

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A Design Strategy for Turning Local Culture into Global Market Products

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Chang

Lin

2013

IJAE

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Abstract:With increasing global competition, connections among local culture, global market and innovative products in design strategy have become increasingly close. In the global market -local design era, innovative products are not merely desirable for a company but also mandatory for design strategy. To be successful, innovative products must have a clear and significant difference that is related to market need. Furthermore, local features in consumer perception regarding innovation are also important in product design. The main purpose of this paper is to study factors affecting designers' and consumers' perceptions in innovation; these factors are discussed in order to understand differences between designers' and consumers' perceptions of product innovation. Therefore, this paper proposed an approach using MDS analysis to explore the relationship between local features and global market in design strategy. Through the approach, we have been able to merge local culture, innovative design, and global market into design strategy. Based on the MDPREF solution, the main factors affecting subjects' preference evaluation could be identified as: Localization dimension, Glocalzilation and Globalization.

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“…mobiliario o herramientas de mano), existen estudios que al aplicar el diferencial semántico a la percepción visual del calzado de calle (Alcántara et al 2005a, Alcántara et al 2005b) demuestran que la percepción que los usuarios tienen del confort es muy compleja, interrelacionando aspectos como la percepción estética y la funcionalidad, y que no siempre el concepto comodidad se percibe como opuesto a incomodidad.…”

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“…Otra de las conclusiones que se pueden extraer de estos estudios (Alcántara et al 2005a;Alcántara et al 2005b) es la relación existente entre la percepción de las propiedades funcionales y la percepción del confort: en el mismo eje semántico se alinean las percepciones de "cómodo", "amoldable", "anatómico", "ancho" ,"antideslizante", "ergonómico", "estable", "flexible", ente otras. Este estudio sugiere que la predicción de la percepción del confort de los usuarios pasa por la caracterización de las propiedades funcionales de la interacción entre calzado y usuario.…”

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Application of product semantics to footwear design. Part I—Identification of footwear semantic space applying diferential semantics

Cited by 68 publications

References 21 publications

Assessing the quality of the indoor environment of senior housing for a better mobility: a Swedish case study

Assessing the quality of the indoor environment of senior housing for a better mobility: a Swedish case study

A Design Strategy for Turning Local Culture into Global Market Products

Predicción del confort a partir de prototipos virtuales de calzado y modelos de ingeniería asistida por ordenador

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