Personalising emotional skin designs Willem-Paul Brinkman & Nick Fine
Research motivation Skinning Designing for diversity instead of similarity Personalisation, User personality
Research motivation Skinning Designing for diversity instead of similarity Personalisation, User personality
Research motivation Skinning Designing for diversity instead of similarity Personalisation, User personality Personality traits: “dimensions of individual differences in tendencies to show consistent patterns of thoughts, feelings, and actions” (McCrae and Costa, 2003)
What have we done User Personality Selecting a specific type of skin For example Similarity-Attraction Hypothesis (correlation between humoristic skins and personality sub traits such as cheerfulness, depression) Skin Colour (blue and extraversion) However correlations are relatively small
Other considerations Visceral Reflective Behavioural Appearance Self-image, personal satisfaction, memory Pleasure and effectiveness of use Level of processingProduct properties Donald Norman (2004)
Our next step? Attitude towards selecting a specific skin type Subjective Norm Relative importance Adoption of Theory of Planned Control (Ajzen, 1985) Intention of selecting a specific type of skin User Task User Personality Perceived Control