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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/CAIDCD.2009.5375311
