Vulnerabilities of Design Strategies for Retaining Emotional Value in Consumer Electronics

Onur Barış Zafer; Ruth Mugge; Lise Magnier

doi:10.54337/plate2025-10447

Authors

Onur Barış Zafer Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3488-1531
Ruth Mugge Delft University of Technology, Netherlands, The
Lise Magnier Delft University of Technology, Netherlands, The

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54337/plate2025-10447

Keywords:

Emotional Value, Prolonged Use, Early Replacement, Design Strategies, Consumer Electronics

Author Biography

Onur Barış Zafer, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

Onur Barış Zafer is a PhD candidate at the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering (IDE), TU Delft. His research focuses on how design can strengthen consumer electronics's emotional value to reduce early replacement. He works within the VICI project “Slowing Down Premature Obsolescence” and applies Research-through-Design to develop and test design interventions.

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