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
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