Emotion through Product Motion Behavior

Although the general interest of the emotional arousal in human-product interaction gradually grows, we have few understandings of how it can be addressed by products. In this paper we propound an argument that the feedback style caused by user’s action will give rise to emotional responses. Taking the action of CD player cover for example, we propose an approach to investigating how the different rhythm of the cover’s open and close influences emotion. This result of the research shows the relationship between emotional responses and product motion behavior and facilitates designer’s intention to arouse emotional responses by deciding the product motion behavior in interactive product design.