Sense-It! : Insights into Multisensory Design (Version 1.1 December 2023)

Abstract

This online book explores multisensory principles for engaged product design, ultimately improving user experiences and emotional responses to product interactions. Each chapter presents a step-by-step discussion of design principles for sensory themes that build toward the final multisensory design chapter. These applied principles integrate traditional iterative approaches to product form and colour and include recent research into multisensory design; they are compatible with current design frameworks.

Our primary audience is industrial design (ID) students and professionals, as well as those in related design disciplines. We have compiled this information as a straightforward resource for novices – both novice designers and design researchers. As a result, illustrations, interactive examples, and evaluations that complement academic learning and design practice are integrated into each chapter and are valuable as teaching and learning tools.

This Creative Commons textbook is a free and shareable tool.