Highlights•Sound-driven design focuses on technology and listening in
action.•Professionals involved in sound and design brings in different listening …

Sound is no longer produced only by humans and nature. New sources of sound such as
the iPod and cell phones demonstrate that sounds have become personal and mobile. New …

As socio-technological environments shape and direct listener behaviour, an ecological
account is needed that encompasses listening in complexity (ie, multiple listeners, multiple …

Product experience is a result of sensory and semantic experiences with product properties.
In this paper, we focus on the semantic attributes of product sounds and explore the basic …

The majority of the literature on sensory expectations has focused solely on those that are
set by the eye, that is, by what we see. However, although we rarely think about it, the …

With the increasing use of digital technologies and smart objects, sound is playing an ever
more important role in our everyday life interactions with a given object, human computer …

Highlights•A method to realize social impact through design is evaluated in a multiple-case
study.•By means of a narrative-based study with experts, we assessed the quality of the …

social design Page 1 PROEFSCHRIFT ter verkrijging van de graad van doctor aan de
Technische Universiteit Delft, op gezag van de Rector Magnicus prof.ir. KCAM Luyben …

Our thoughts, behavior, experiences, and relationship with the world are all influenced by
our emotions, which are a central component of what makes us human. Emotions are forces …

In conceptual design, abstract features of a new product (eg adventurous, elegant) are
explored and mapped to concrete physical product properties. Sketching as an exploratory …