This is study conducted on the direction of next?generation monitor design. Currently, the monitor industry is experiencing the stagnation phenomenon currently within the IT industry. It is in a transitional period, preparing a transition to an intera...
This is study conducted on the direction of next?generation monitor design. Currently, the monitor industry is experiencing the stagnation phenomenon currently within the IT industry. It is in a transitional period, preparing a transition to an interactive device as a result of advances in technology and changes in consumer lifestyles. Without studies on monitors, which are evolving into a new product soon, the future of the monitor industry cannot be guaranteed. Thus, the necessity for, and the purpose of this study are as follows.
First, the study has been conducted to develop reference data for setting the direction of next?generation monitor design by identifying the market situation, proposing a monitor and display development process, and predicting the new role and working environment of monitors in the future.
Second, there is a need for studies on innovation in next generation monitors, which will enables the development form and evolution of a new product category in the market. Accordingly, the study covers innovation theory comprehensively and explores the significance of the creation of new value and meaning for consumers and society through a case study of disruptive innovation.
Third, there is a need for a study is conducted on emotion and experience as a method of disruptive innovation to create new meaning, and which identifies the relationship between disruptive innovation and emotional design. In addition, a theoretical basis for a conceptual model of emotional design processes will be prepared through a study on emotion components and the formation process.
Fourth, the transition process will be discussed in more detail by studying and developing a C-FEEM(Consciousness-Function, Emotion, EXPERIENCE, Meaning) model. Furthermore, the study has been conducted in order to prepare a tool for the systematic evaluation of the emotional design process by applying the C-FEEM model to the evaluation of emotional design performed without a reference.
Fifth, methods for developing concepts through the C-FEEM model are studied by comparing and analyzing the design planning process which is applied to existing design planning methods and the C-FEEM model.
Sixth, the study has been conducted to discuss the new value and meaning of next?generation monitors by using the C-FEEM model to suggest the systematic and detailed direction of the next generation of monitor design.
The research results and significances based on the requirements and goals of these studies are as follows:
First, current monitors are passive devices to deliver audio and video signals that sent from the PC to the users. But, with the launch of Windows 8 with the addition of various features such as smart functions, monitors are in a transitional period preparing to transition to an interactive device. When looking at the trends in the development of display technology, it is expected that there will be a movement from personal displays to open displays which many people can share. Monitors must evolve to become new devices, different than what they are now, following these new environments and the changes of technical trends innovatively.
Second, advances of innovation have been created through various types of innovation; from management innovation to design?driven innovation. Disruptive innovation, in particular, destroys existing markets by providing a new category of product different than existing products. Digital cameras or Walkman(Sony) are examples of this type of innovation. These products form a new product category in the market and they provide new experiences to consumers, thus creating new meaning.
Third, in order to create new value and meaning through disruptive innovation and emotional design, this study was conducted on emotions and experiences and the things they have in common which are pursued by disruptive innovation and emotional design. Emotions can be formed through the cognitive processes of senses, perception, recognition, and cognition. They also can be formed when stimulations become senses. In this study, the theoretical basis for the conceptual model of?emotional design process was established by dividing emotion formation into those emotions formed through the cognitive process, so formed by a conscious function, and those emotions that are instantly created by stimulation, and so are formed by an unconscious function.
Fourth, C-FEEM model concepts were established and a study was conducted on a series of transition processes from a sense to a meaning. In contrast to existing studies conducted on the causes and processes of the formation of emotion, the transition to the steps of experience and meaning after the formation of emotion was studied specifically and in detail. In addition,?C-FEEM, a conceptual model of the emotional design process, was established and criteria and tools for the evaluation of correct emotional design were presented.
Fifth, a design planning process utilizing the C-FEEM model was suggested and compared with existing design planning processes. It is an efficient process that minimizes the waste of time, human and material resources. It is a process that can make systematic and detailed design concepts making through dividing the concepts into conscious and unconscious functions.
Sixth, survey of emotional factors results targeting Korean and French consumers were used as an objective basis and a specific direction for the next?generation monitor design was proposed through concept making methodology by applying the C-FEEM model.
This paper is a study on the direction of next?generation monitor design by applying the C-FEEM model. Various design concepts were proposed, but the study of specific designs after concept making phase was limited. However, the significance of the paper can be found in the conduct of research and development utilizing the C-FEEM model, a conceptual model of emotional design processes, and in suggesting a methodology by which the development of a concept making can be carried out more specifically and efficiently by establishing the design planning process on the basis of the C-FEEM model.
In the future, it is expected that this model and process will be broadly applied to development processes of other products and services so that it can contribute to efficient and effective design planning processes. A future study on emotional evaluation and evaluation methodologies are expected.
Keywords: Monitor, Disruptive innovation, Emotion, Experiences, Conscious function, Unconscious function, C-FEEM model, Design planning.