A Study on the ‘Model of Emotional Design Method’ Based on User Experience: Focused on preschool teachers’ uniform in China

• Published in: Korea Institute of Design Research Society Vol. 8; no. 1; pp. 333 - 351
• Main Authors: Yang, Weijia, Nah, Ken
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 한국디자인리서치학회 30.03.2023
• Subjects: 디자인
• ISSN: 2508-2817; 2671-8375
• DOI: 10.46248/kidrs.2023.1.333

In this paper, we will examine the principles of emotional design and design methods for uniforms. With the progress and development of society, the material function can no longer meet people's demand for products, but expand to the spiritual function, through the spiritual level of demand to integrate more emotions into the product, to meet the user's emotional experience. This research can expand the operational and emotional experience of uniforms, help users improve their work efficiency, and satisfy both their material and spiritual needs. This study takes preschool teachers as an example, preschool teachers as user subjects based on user experience and using user's emotional design methodology as support. Through literature research method, comparative research method, questionnaire survey and interview, the general job content and user needs of current Chinese preschool teachers were summarized, and the three layers of emotional design were corresponded to the uniform design, and the methodological model of emotional design of uniforms was expected to be obtained. This method model can provide new ideas and development directions for uniform design, help uniforms for specific groups of people to establish advantages in the market competition with serious homogenization, and provide reference for uniform design and selection.