CAPTURING INTERACTIONS IN DESIGN PREFERENCES: A COLORFUL STUDY

DS 68-1: Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED 11), Impacting Society through Engineering Design, Vol. 1: Design Processes, Lyngby/Copenhagen, Denmark, 15.-19.08.2011

Year: 2011
Editor: Culley, S.J.; Hicks, B.J.; McAloone, T.C.; Howard, T.J. & Clarkson, P.J.
Author: Orsborn, Seth; Talecki, Hannah
Series: ICED
Section: Design Processes
Page(s): 465-474

Abstract

Many engineering and marketing tools exist to help a designer optimize quantitative attributes of a product, such as height, weight, volume, or cost. However, these methods cannot effectively take into consideration attributes for which there is a significant interaction between the product attributes with respect to the consumer’s preference, such as aesthetics. This research has begun the work of developing this necessary functional relationship for product attribute interactions and has created a methodology for further research. To accomplish this, this study considered consumer preference for product colors. Colors were represented by their red, green, and blue light components, and preference information for each of these attributes was gathered by presenting individuals with a small sample of colors, applied to backpacks, in a short choice survey.

Keywords: UTILITY FUNCTION; PREFERENCE MODELLING; AESTHETIC DESIGN

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