Browsing Auburn Theses and Dissertations by Author "Thomas, Joyce"

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An Approach to Design for Enhancing Product Attachment Using Collectability

Fondren, Noah (2023-12-06)

Products typically suffer from life cycles where they slowly die off immediately after release. Collectable products have the potential to lengthen these life cycles, occasionally achieving higher perceived values long ...

A Design Approach for Extending Product Longevity

Harrison, Kaelan (2022-05-23)

This guideline proposes to extend the longevity of products by helping the designer consider authentic human behavior when designing new products. This includes designing products that provide true human satisfaction while ...

Designing cooperative and shared living for households that include both people with and without visual impairments

Wang, Shensi (2021-07-30)

From the 20st century, organizations have been established for helping people with visual impairments. However, people with sight who are living with people who are visually impaired haven’t gotten much attention and ...

Enhancing Children's Shape and Space Ability with Sensory Play

Wang, Wei (2021-08-04) ETD File Embargoed

Some people can't imagine what a space will look like after a renovation is finished, can't read a map, or quickly get lost in an unfamiliar place. Some students in high school and middle school have terrible performances ...

Guideline for Applying Neo Confucianism thought in Product Design

Wang, Yijie (2020-07-22)

This study aims to summarize the design principles in Neo-Confucianism and use them to develop a guideline for product design. This study provides new design opportunities under Neo-Confucianism thought by analyzing the ...

A Guideline For Designing Electric Bicycles

Lee, Ian (2021-12-06)

Society is on the verge of a radical swing in the way that we commute and travel, at least in part due to the climate crisis. There is a rapid shift towards urban living and away from dependence on personal automobiles. ...

Improving Social Interactions: Developing Products to Promote Human Interactivity

Zeng, Qian (2020-07-17)

The form of social interaction has been undergoing significant changes since the information era began in the 1990s. People born in this era and who have been exposed to the Internet, social networks, and mobile systems ...

Innovative Multi-Channel Shopping Experience Design Guidelines for a Society That is Aging

Yuan, Ye (2021-08-02)

The emergence of economic globalization has brought many opportunities and challenges to the retail industry. The improvement of people’s living standards has increased enormous demands toward consumption. To draw the ...