Positive design: Reference guide
- Author
- Simon Jimenez, A E Pohlmeyer, Pieter Desmet, Delft University of Technology. Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering.
- Year
- 2015
A short, two-part reference collecting twenty-nine psychology and design theories relevant to well-being, published by Delft University of Technology's Delft Institute of Positive Design in 2015. Each entry gives a brief summary and further reading, making it a fast way into the research behind well-being-driven design.
A compact reference of twenty-nine theories bridging positive psychology and design for well-being. A scholarly toolkit for the SDF's Humans and Observations components — grounding design in what actually makes people flourish.
Published in 2015 by Simon Jimenez, Anna E. Pohlmeyer and Pieter M. A. Desmet through the Delft Institute of Positive Design at Delft University of Technology, the guide is organised in two parts: one gathering theories from positive psychology, the other gathering theories and frameworks from positive design research. Each of the twenty-nine entries carries a short summary plus a list of key publications, so the guide works as a quick entry point into the human-experience research a designer might want to draw on.
Where to find it
In the framework
- Human Component
- Observations Component
Books and references