Approach to emotional design of fashion accessories

Abstract

One day, after opening the book, “the eyes of the skin” by Juhani Pallasma the words "The dancer has ears in his toes."(by Friedrich Nietzsche) appeared. These words created a disturbance in the way we explored design. A set of questions was mapped in the expectation of understanding the relationship between product/user, designer/product or even designer/user. This web evolved into a methodology based on psychological issues, sciences or emotional design, establishing contact points between sensory interactions and the relationship with new products development. As a particular case, the present work explores visually impaired users, in relation to fashion accessories aiming to evoke positive feelings.