DPPI 07: Designing Pleasurable Products and Interfaces

published Jun 8, 2007
DPPI 07 Designing Pleasurable Products and Interfaces
"User Experience" has become a key word in design over the last decade.

It articulated disappointment with usability research in the 1990s, bringing to the fore designers traditional skill, an ability to create products and interfaces that are a joy to use and, at best, exciting.

In many ways, the concept has been successful.

It has become a cornerstone in many leading design programs all over the world.

It has generated theoretical discussion.

It has rejuvenated philosophical debate in design research.

It has found a home not just in research, but also in design education.

However, as all concepts, this notion has been gathering dust over the years.

Designers and researchers in many parts of the world have been going beyond user experience.

While taking the lesson from what has been learned, they prefer to use more specific concepts, including concepts such like affective interaction, rich interaction, and co-experience.

As in previous conferences, DPPI challenges you to participate in an exhilarating week of listening, doing, research, designing, discussing, learning and having fun.

August 22 - 25, University of Art and Design Helsinki, Finland.