A Study on Application of Emotional Design to the Design Elements of Life Products for Elderly Living Alone with Heart Flow Theory

• Main Authors: LI,SIZ-HAN, 李思翰
• Other Authors: HSIEH,TZYY-LIANG
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2018
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/34q782

碩士 === 國立雲林科技大學 === 創意生活設計系 === 106 === In recent years, the population of Taiwan has been aging. According to 2017 statistics, the aging index in February was 100.18, an increase of 6.68 compared with February last year. In May last year, the number of elderly population accounted for 12.78% of the total population, and it grew to 13.33% in February this year. The aging situation in Taiwan has become more serious, and the aging rate has continued to increase. If this aging rate is exceeded, it will probably exceed 20% in 2060, becoming the same "hyper-aged society" as Japan. There are many phenomena worthy of attention in an aging society. In the case of elderly people living alone. it means that they live alone for a long time, that’s why they inevitably leads to psychological loneliness and alienation. In view of this, this study will explore the psychology of the elderly living alone through the theory of flow, use the theory of flow to make the elderly forget the passage of time, join the emotional design and develop the products of the elderly living alone, thus reducing the loneliness of the elderly living alone. The products that come into contact with life solve their psychological problems and achieve social phenomena such as suicide or loneliness. 　　This study uses the theory of flow to explore the application of emotional design to the elderly products as the research main axis. Through emotional design and flow theory to give the soul of the elderly living alone, this study will find three experts to conduct interviews, and analyze the interview content. And look for four old people to play the game, observe the record from it, and use the questionnaire after the observation, to understand that this game can help the elderly living alone to enter the flow channel, to eliminate the extra time of the weekday, and collect the data, The improvement method is proposed to establish a set of merchandise design elements of emotional design, so that the public pays more attention to the problem of the soul of the elderly living alone.