Emotion Domain

Here is my text on the Emotion Domain. It describes the relationship someone would have with a product like the Dooer Bringer Getter and also describes some of the products key features.




The emotional domain in product design is essentially how a user feels about a product. This can come in many forms because of the many different ways a user can interact with a product as well as the number of different products that can a person can have emotional feelings about.

For example someone can feel a really strong hatred for guns. If they themselves or someone they are close to has had a traumatic experience involving a gun. On the other hand someone can feel a really close connection to a product. For example if someone who uses a wheelchair or a walking stick, they depend so much on that product that if anything were to happen to it they would be devastated.
This is where my product, The Dooer Bringer Getter, comes in. It is designed as a home helper for the physically disabled or the elderly. Dieter Rams says that “Good design makes a product understandable”, with this mind I wanted the Dooer Bringer Getter to do exactly what it says on the tin. Its main function is to help people get things around their home. For the physically disabled and elderly it can be very difficult moving, The Dooer Bringer Getter is designed to get things around their home so they don’t have to. Donald A. Norman once said “Will robot teachers replace human teachers? No, but they can complement them.” I believe the same can be said about the Dooer Bringer Getter. It hasn’t been designed to replace care nurses, not in the slightest, it’s been design to complement then, easing their work load.

Although small in size, it has been designed with some key features that allow it get almost anywhere. It has four flexible, extendable arms for reaching things on high shelves. It also has two different types of hands. One is vice like grip for carrying bulky items and the others are pincer type grips for carrying more delicate items.

The Dooer Bringer Getter also comes with built in Wi-Fi, an L.C.D. screen and a webcam. This is so it can even bring members of the family to user via Skype.

The product can also charge itself by plugging itself into the mains at the end of the day, so the user the hassle and worry of having to this themselves. With all these features the user would feel a real connection to the Dooer Bringer Getter, they would feel lost and disconnected from the outside without it. I see this product as kind of a useful pet, kind of like a Seeing Eye dog, helping those who cannot help themselves.