• DocumentCode
    3001668
  • Title

    Product design strategies based on the psychological features of the aging people living in cities

  • Author

    Zheng, Linxin ; Qu, Deyin

  • Author_Institution
    Coll. of Comput. Sci. & Technol., Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou, China
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    26-29 Nov. 2009
  • Firstpage
    1459
  • Lastpage
    1462
  • Abstract
    This paper investigated the life style of the aging people living in Hangzhou, Jiaxing and Ningbo and analyzed their consuming tendency and psychological features. Because of the declines of physiological functions and the changes in the living and working environments, negative emotions such as emptiness, loneliness, depression and self-abasement are discovered with aged people. This paper researched and concluded a product design strategy based on aged people according to their psychological features.
  • Keywords
    geriatrics; product customisation; product design; aged people; aging people; product design strategy; psychological features; Aging; Art; Assembly; Cities and towns; Computer science; Educational institutions; Product design; Psychology; Radio broadcasting; Senior citizens; aging people; design; psychological features;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Computer-Aided Industrial Design & Conceptual Design, 2009. CAID & CD 2009. IEEE 10th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Wenzhou
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-5266-8
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-5268-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CAIDCD.2009.5375311
  • Filename
    5375311