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Designing Engagement: A Method for improving Multisensorial Properties of Products

Sanchez, Norberto
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6142-7919
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1554373954791942

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2019, MDES, University of Cincinnati, Design, Architecture, Art and Planning: Design.
The adoption of a medical device represents a challenge for new users. Beyond their function, medical objects communicate on behalf of the user. The people around the user interpret the messages transmitted by the object and create views and stigmas toward the product and the user. These situations complicate the already challenging position of older adults. Like medical products, objects oriented for older adults neglect the users’ needs and force them to accept a product that ignores their values and identities on behalf of convenience and safety. These circumstances urge industrial design to address the absence of product engagement for a growing population of older adults, especially when the product possesses a complex social meaning that impacts the user’s wellbeing, such as medical devices. Industrial design has neglected the necessity of good medical design, medical products are traditionally designed to be reliable, safe to use, efficient, and profitable leaving aside the phycological, social, and emotional needs of the user. This thesis proposes a design method based on semantic attribution and its relationship with object materiality. The method aims to promote product adoption, by using the multisensorial properties of the object to encode semantic attributes that align with the user identities. This thesis explores the inclusion of virtual reality as an assistive platform for the methodology. A series of studies were conducted to evaluate the method and its incorporation into the design process. Initial findings generate: a refined analysis tool; evidence of converging results on the product interventions despite the experience or background of the participants; and evidence of the manifestation of behavioral patterns between designers and users.
Claudia Rebola, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Juan Antonio Islas Munoz, M.A. (Committee Member)
122 p.
Design
Industrial design; Design process; Medical design; Virtual really in Industrial design; Design for older adults

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  • Sanchez, N. (2019). Designing Engagement: A Method for improving Multisensorial Properties of Products [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1554373954791942

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Sanchez, Norberto. Designing Engagement: A Method for improving Multisensorial Properties of Products. 2019. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1554373954791942.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Sanchez, Norberto. "Designing Engagement: A Method for improving Multisensorial Properties of Products." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1554373954791942

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