Using symbolic meaning as a means to design for happiness: The development of a card set for designers

Mafalda Marques Ribeiro Da SilvaCasais; Ruth Mugge; Pieter Desmet

Using symbolic meaning as a means to design for happiness: The development of a card set for designers

Mafalda Marques Ribeiro Da SilvaCasais, Ruth Mugge, Pieter Desmet

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Using design to improve the lives of people towards a positive flourishing state is the main premise of Positive Design. Our contribution to this growing field focuses on making use of the symbolic meaning that design can have to bolster
human happiness. This paper presents the development of a card set for designers aiming to inspire design for happiness. The card set is explored in three sessions with groups of design educators, design students and design professionals respectively to
collect diversified recommendations to improve its format and use. The resulting SIM toolkit for designers (‘Design with symbolic meaning for user happiness’), composed of a card set and a website, is disclosed and a workshop on how to use it is discussed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of DRS 2016
Subtitle of host publication	Design + Reseach + Society, Future-Focused Thinking
Editors	Peter Lloyd, Erik Bohemia
Place of Publication	London
Publisher	The Design Research Society
Pages	1553-1571
Number of pages	18
Volume	9
Publication status	Published - 2016
Event	DRS 2016: Design + Research + Society, Future-Focused Thinking, The 50th Anniversary DRS Conference - Brighton, United Kingdom Duration: 27 Jun 2016 → 30 Jun 2016 http://www.drs2016.org/#drs2016

Publication series

Name	DRS International Conference Series
Publisher	The Design Research Society
Volume	9
ISSN (Electronic)	2398-3132

Conference

Conference	DRS 2016
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Brighton
Period	27/06/16 → 30/06/16
Internet address	http://www.drs2016.org/#drs2016

Keywords

symbolic meaning
positive design
happiness
design toolkit

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Marques Ribeiro Da SilvaCasais, M., Mugge, R., & Desmet, P. (2016). Using symbolic meaning as a means to design for happiness: The development of a card set for designers. In P. Lloyd, & E. Bohemia (Eds.), Proceedings of DRS 2016: Design + Reseach + Society, Future-Focused Thinking (Vol. 9, pp. 1553-1571). (DRS International Conference Series; Vol. 9). The Design Research Society.

Marques Ribeiro Da SilvaCasais, Mafalda ; Mugge, Ruth ; Desmet, Pieter. / Using symbolic meaning as a means to design for happiness : The development of a card set for designers. Proceedings of DRS 2016: Design + Reseach + Society, Future-Focused Thinking. editor / Peter Lloyd ; Erik Bohemia. Vol. 9 London : The Design Research Society, 2016. pp. 1553-1571 (DRS International Conference Series).

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Marques Ribeiro Da SilvaCasais, M, Mugge, R & Desmet, P 2016, Using symbolic meaning as a means to design for happiness: The development of a card set for designers. in P Lloyd & E Bohemia (eds), Proceedings of DRS 2016: Design + Reseach + Society, Future-Focused Thinking. vol. 9, DRS International Conference Series, vol. 9, The Design Research Society, London, pp. 1553-1571, DRS 2016, Brighton, United Kingdom, 27/06/16.

Using symbolic meaning as a means to design for happiness: The development of a card set for designers. / Marques Ribeiro Da SilvaCasais, Mafalda; Mugge, Ruth ; Desmet, Pieter.
Proceedings of DRS 2016: Design + Reseach + Society, Future-Focused Thinking. ed. / Peter Lloyd; Erik Bohemia. Vol. 9 London: The Design Research Society, 2016. p. 1553-1571 (DRS International Conference Series; Vol. 9).

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Marques Ribeiro Da SilvaCasais M, Mugge R , Desmet P. Using symbolic meaning as a means to design for happiness: The development of a card set for designers. In Lloyd P, Bohemia E, editors, Proceedings of DRS 2016: Design + Reseach + Society, Future-Focused Thinking. Vol. 9. London: The Design Research Society. 2016. p. 1553-1571. (DRS International Conference Series).

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