Searching for balance in aesthetic pleasure in interaction

Nazli Cila; Marco Rozendaal; Michaël Berghman; Paul Hekkert

Searching for balance in aesthetic pleasure in interaction

Nazli Cila
, Marco Rozendaal
, Michaël Berghman
, Paul Hekkert

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Abstract

In this paper, we investigate the interplay between unity-variety, and novelty-typicality in relation to the beauty experienced in the movements performed while interacting with a product. We conducted a study that explored how these factors affect the aesthetic pleasure elicited from interaction. Results showed that novelty and typicality jointly explained aesthetic pleasure: People derive aesthetic pleasure from interactions that offer a feeling of doing things in a new way within the boundaries of familiarity. Regarding unity-in-variety, we found out that it does not matter how varied the interaction with a product is, as long as this variety combines into a unified, coherent experience of the interaction. The findings are discussed in light of a dual impulses model of aesthetic experience and aesthetics principles of interaction design.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Design and semantics of form and movement (DeSForM 2015)
Subtitle of host publication	(DeSForM 2015). Aesthetics of interaction: Dynamic, Multisensory, Wise
Editors	Lin-Li Chen, Tom Djajadiningrat, Loe Feijs, Jun Hu, Steven Kyffin, Lucia Rampino, Edgar Rodriguez, Dagmar Steffen
Place of Publication	Eindhoven
Publisher	Philips
Pages	19-27
ISBN (Print)	ISBN 9788864930312
Publication status	Published - 2015
Event	DeSForM 2015 - Milan, Italy Duration: 13 Oct 2015 → 17 Oct 2015

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Conference	DeSForM 2015
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Milan
Period	13/10/15 → 17/10/15

Funding

We are grateful to Reinier Jansen for his help in programming the questionnaire in MAX. Paul Hekkert was supported by MAGW VICI grant number 453-10-004 from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO).

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Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek	453-10- 004

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Cila, N., Rozendaal, M., Berghman, M., & Hekkert, P. (2015). Searching for balance in aesthetic pleasure in interaction. In L.-L. Chen, T. Djajadiningrat, L. Feijs, J. Hu, S. Kyffin, L. Rampino, E. Rodriguez, & D. Steffen (Eds.), Design and semantics of form and movement (DeSForM 2015): (DeSForM 2015). Aesthetics of interaction: Dynamic, Multisensory, Wise (pp. 19-27). Philips.

Cila, Nazli ; Rozendaal, Marco ; Berghman, Michaël et al. / Searching for balance in aesthetic pleasure in interaction. Design and semantics of form and movement (DeSForM 2015): (DeSForM 2015). Aesthetics of interaction: Dynamic, Multisensory, Wise. editor / Lin-Li Chen ; Tom Djajadiningrat ; Loe Feijs ; Jun Hu ; Steven Kyffin ; Lucia Rampino ; Edgar Rodriguez ; Dagmar Steffen. Eindhoven : Philips, 2015. pp. 19-27

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Cila, N, Rozendaal, M, Berghman, M & Hekkert, P 2015, Searching for balance in aesthetic pleasure in interaction. in L-L Chen, T Djajadiningrat, L Feijs, J Hu, S Kyffin, L Rampino, E Rodriguez & D Steffen (eds), Design and semantics of form and movement (DeSForM 2015): (DeSForM 2015). Aesthetics of interaction: Dynamic, Multisensory, Wise. Philips, Eindhoven, pp. 19-27, DeSForM 2015, Milan, Italy, 13/10/15.

Searching for balance in aesthetic pleasure in interaction. / Cila, Nazli; Rozendaal, Marco; Berghman, Michaël et al.
Design and semantics of form and movement (DeSForM 2015): (DeSForM 2015). Aesthetics of interaction: Dynamic, Multisensory, Wise. ed. / Lin-Li Chen; Tom Djajadiningrat; Loe Feijs; Jun Hu; Steven Kyffin; Lucia Rampino; Edgar Rodriguez; Dagmar Steffen. Eindhoven: Philips, 2015. p. 19-27.

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