HuValue: A Toolkit to Facilitate Considering Various Human Values in a Design Process

Shadi Kheirandish, Mathias Funk, Stephan Wenswen, Maarten Verkerk, Matthias Rauterberg

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Abstract

Human values play an integral role in any design that aims to improve the quality of human life. To support designers’ addressing human values in their design, we created a design tool based on a comprehensive value framework. This tool helps to raise designers’ awareness about human values and provide tangible materials to actively use selected values in a design process. An experimental study with design students showed that the project groups that had been supported with this tool addressed human values in their design concepts significantly stronger compared to the control groups. Results of the evaluation indicate that the tool is not only applicable in a design process but also effective at enriching design concepts with human values.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationInternational Conference on Design and Semantics of Form and Movement
EditorsSara Colombo, Yihyun Lim, Miguel Bruns Alonso, Lin-Lin Chen, Loe Feijs, Jun Hu, Tom Djajadiningrat, Steven Kyffin, Elif Özcan, Lucia Rampino, Edgar Rodriguez Ramirez, Dagmar Steffen
PublisherThe Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Pages246-249
Number of pages4
ISBN (Print)9780578603797
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2019
Event11th International Conference on Design and Semantics of Form and Movement, DeSForM 2019. Beyond Intelligence - Boston, United States
Duration: 9 Oct 201911 Oct 2019
https://www.designresearchsociety.org/events/design-semantics-of-form-movement-desform-conference-cambridge-usa

Conference

Conference11th International Conference on Design and Semantics of Form and Movement, DeSForM 2019. Beyond Intelligence
Abbreviated titleDeSForM 2019
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityBoston
Period9/10/1911/10/19
Internet address

Keywords

  • Design Process
  • Design Tool
  • Human Values
  • Value Framework

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