The aesthetic experience of product design: a case study of the consumption of earphones in Hong Kong

Authors

Magnum Man Lok LAM, Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong, Vocational Training CouncilFollow
Wing Sun Liu
Yee Nee, Elita Lam, Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong, Vocational Training CouncilFollow

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

2016

Keywords

Aesthetic experience, Human-centred design, Product design, Qualitative research

DOI

10.1080/14606925.2016.1150659

Abstract

Aesthetics is omnipresent in all aspects of our life, and an aesthetic perspective of design concerns the living emotions, feelings, and shared passions among consumers and designers. We empirically investigate how the meanings that consumers infer from earphone designs reveal their personal notion of the ‘aesthetic’ in everyday life and how this notion affects the aesthetic judgement of consumers and their preferences for product designs. This study provides product designers with the implications of comprehensive knowledge behind the design in the form of a story to engage consumers into learning, understanding, and associating their consumption experience with both private and social meanings that constitute the aestheticization of everyday life.

Source Publication

The Design Journal: An International Journal for All Aspects of Design

Volume Number

19

Issue Number

3

ISSN

1460-6925

First Page

429

Last Page

449

Recommended Citation

LAM, M. M.,Liu, W.,& Lam, Y. (2016). The aesthetic experience of product design: a case study of the consumption of earphones in Hong Kong. The Design Journal: An International Journal for All Aspects of Design, 19 (3), 429-449. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14606925.2016.1150659