Guiding Emotions: An Emotion-tracking Approach to Rectify Design Experience and Process (Design, Emotion and Creativity)

Emotions play a crucial role in the design process, yet junior design students often struggle to manage their emotional changes while creating.This title bridges the gap in design education by illuminating how emotional intelligence serves as a powerful tool for inspiration and decision-making.This investigation takes a new perspective on emotions in design projects, contrasting it with traditional approaches that prioritize technical skills and reasoning over emotional awareness.The focus of this title is to deliver accessible strategies to monitor and manage the reader’s emotional responses during projects. This book presents a Phase-by-Phase Emotional Configuration Model alongside a taxonomy of tactics for concept creation, selection, and prototyping.Through empirical research, forty essential emotions linked to design were identified and validated using advanced emotion tracking techniques including mobile applications and facial expression analysis.Case studies and reflective acti