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In recent years, wallstickers have become a hot commodity for furnishing living space. However, most design of wallstickers are presently derived from the individual creativity of designers. Therefore, this study attempts to view this issue from the user-centered perspective and uses the framework of Kansei engineering to discuss the relations between the images of users, the design elements and the preference. Hope the result can provide useful suggestions for designers to develop wallstickers in the furture.
The procedure of the study can be divided into five steps:
(1) Based on the production principles of cutting-sheet wallstickers, focus groups constructed the design elements of wallstickers and got a total of 11 categories. (2) Collecting Kansei words and associating with the content of graphics by questionnaire. and then 5 representative Kansei words were accomplished including “gorgeous”, “fashionable”,’’ “romantic”, “cute”, and “refreshing” by the convergence of focus groups and KJ method. (3) Collecting the associational content of graphics concerning representative Kansei words by questionnaire and inducting by Focus group method to design 36 samples afterwards. (4) Conducting a survey of Kansei words evaluation and the preference by Likert scale and obtaining 100 valid questionnaires in total. The result of the survey was analyzed by the Quantification Theory Type I. (5) Redesigning 15 samples to be tested and evaluated by the subjects, verifying the validity of the model. The results are as follows:
1. Content of Graghics: (1)“Classical pattern” best described the “gorgeous” feel; (2)“Geomentric pattern” best described the “fashionable” feel; (3)“Pattern of flowers and plants” best described the ” romantic ” feel ; (4) “Aminal pattern” best described the “cute” feel ; (5)“Natural landscape” best described the “refreshing” feel.
2. The relation between Kansei image and design elements: (1) To show the feel of “ gorgeous”, we can proceed to design according to the order of “realism”, “hollow- out”, “cool color tone” and “figure”. (2) To demonstrate the feel of “fashionable”, we can design with the ways of “realism”, “achromatic colors”, ”hollow-out” and “figure” in order ; (3)To convey the “romantic” feel, we can design with the manner of “realistic”, ”hollow- out”, “figure” and “cool color tone”in order. (4) To show the “cute” feel, design with the order of “transformation”, “line-frame”, “cool color tone” and “figure”. (5)To show the feel of “refreshing”, we can design with the modes of “transformation”, “cool color tone”, ”line-frame” and “figure” in order.
3. The relation between Kansei image and preference: (1)“achromatic colors”and “cool color tone” had the opposite effects on the feel of “gorgeous” and preference; (2)All of the design elements had the opposite effects on the feel of “ fashionable” and preference; (3) “achromatic colours” and “cool color tone” had the opposite effects on the “romantic” feel and preference. (4) Only “fill-to-the-full”, “line-frame”and “figure-ground corelation” had the same effects on the “cute” feel and preference. (5)“Semi-realistic”, “line-frame”, “figure-ground corelation” as well as”warm color tone” had the same influence on the feel of “refreshing” and preference.
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