Designed Pleasure

Patrick Jordan, in a short but incredibly important book (Designing Pleasurable Products – An Introduction to the New Human Factors, 2000, Taylor and Francis), lays out how design can make our lives better.  His findings are relevant whether you’re building a homestead or re-designing a teapot.  It can provide: Physio-pleasure “has to do with the body and with pleasures derived from the sensory organs. . . . Socio-pleasure . . . is the enjoyment derived from relationships with others.  This…

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