The Repertory Grid Technique as a Method for the Study of Cultural Differences
Oscar Tomico
http://w3.id.tue.nl/nl/research/designing_quality_in_interaction/
Eindhoven University of Technology
Oscar Tomico is an assistant professor in the Designing Quality in Interaction Group of the Faculty of Industrial Design of Eindhoven University of Technology. He received his PhD in June 2007 from the Technical University of Catalonia on developing subjective psychological exploration techniques based on the constructivist paradigm for informational and inspirational purposes. His research focuses on exploring relations between physical, social and virtual domains as information interfaces for creating and sharing knowledge. His current projects focus on the social repercussions of using intelligent systems as information platforms in home, shop and library contexts.
Evangelos Karapanos
http://w3.id.tue.nl/en/research/user_centered_engineering/
Eindhoven University of Technology
Netherlands
Evangelos Karapanos is a PhD candidate in the User-Centered Engineering Group at the Faculty of Industrial Design of Eindhoven University of Technology. He received a master’s of science in Human-Computer Interaction from University College London. His current work concerns methods and tools for quantifying the diversity of subjective judgments of product quality. His research interests include psychometric scales, personal attribute judgments, and methodological aspects of longitudinal studies in the field of user experience.
Pierre Levy
Eindhoven University of Technology
Japan
Pierre Lévy is an assistant professor in the Designing Quality in Interaction Group of the Faculty of Industrial Design of Eindhoven University of Technology. A mechanical engineer from Compiègne University of Technology, he earned his PhD in Kansei Science from the Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences at the University of Tsukuba, Japan. His current work focuses on sharing and its effect on creativity. His research areas of interest include Kansei science, Kansei design, sharing processes, and Occidental/Oriental philosophical differences applied to design.
Nanami Mizutani
University of Tsukuba
Japan
Nanami Mizutani is a doctoral student in Kansei Cognitive Brain Science at the Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences at the University of Tsukuba, Japan. She earned her master’s degree in Kansei Science from the University of Tsukuba, where she also previously studied industrial design. She is currently working at the Sensory and Cognitive Food Science Laboratory of the National Food Research Institute in Tsukuba as an internship student. Her current research focuses on the effects of package design on taste perceptions. She also researches users’ evaluations of product design using psychological and physiological methods.
Toshimasa Yamanaka
University of Tsukuba
Toshimasa Yamanaka is a professor of Kansei Information in the Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences and at the Institute of Art and Design at the University of Tsukuba. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in Product Design and Kansei Information. He earned his PhD in Kansei Science from the Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences at the University of Tsukuba. His research areas of interest include design process, design analysis, and information design.