Special Issue Authors: Deana McDonagh; Howard Denton; Jonathan Chapman
The relationship between design and emotion represents a contemporary dualism, the significance of which is only beginning to be understood, in terms of its role in shaping the social, economic and environmental implications of design, production and consumption. For designers, the emotional and ephemeral nature of consumers' needs have been acknowledged for some time.
With this special issue, it is our intention that we broaden the research in this area to include the engineering design community, mobilising an expansive, critical set of propositions. This special issue is dedicated to highlighting the increasing awareness and value of emotions within the designing process, for both the product developer and the consumer.
