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The Emerging Area of Dynamic Products

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Dynamic Products

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This chapter investigates how technology transforms products and their aesthetics, making it possible to have dynamic sensory features. The chapter also introduces the concept of dynamic aesthetics, which stems from the merging of physical with digital in the field of product design. The relation between the object’s physical and temporal form is explained, as means to create aesthetic experiences. The concept of dynamic products refers to artefacts showing sensory features (visual, tactile, auditory and olfactory) that change in a proactive and reversible way over time. The possibility to use these dynamic changes in the product’s sensory appearance as media to convey dynamic messages is introduced, as an alternative to conventional digital interfaces. At the end of the chapter, the research questions and the methodology followed to explore the field of dynamic products are explained.

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Colombo, S. (2016). The Emerging Area of Dynamic Products. In: Dynamic Products. SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33117-1_3

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