International Journal of Design
Wednesday, January 30th, 2013
Check out the open access International Journal of Design. It includes many articles of relevance to cognitive designers for example, 25 Positive Emotions in Human-Product Interactions. There is a current call out (due March 1, 2013) for papers on designing for subjective well-being.
Like behavior change, designing for well-being is one of the grand challenges of cognitive design. Well-being, often viewed as a combination of health, prosperity and happiness is being defined by the editors as “someone’s enduring life appreciation.” They point out there is growing interest in the topic and that:
“This growing interest can be observed in the lively discussions on topics such as empathic design, value-centred design, socially responsive design, meaningful design, positive design, and happiness-driven design.”
I agree. They are looking for long and short papers that present frameworks and tools for well-being driven design as well as a discussion of the ethical and social implications.
