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Issue title: Comfort: Papers from the 2019 International Comfort Congress
Guest editors: Peter Vink, Susanne Frohriep, Neil Mansfield, Alessandro Naddeo and Karen Jacobs
Article type: Research Article
Authors: Erol, Tugraa; * | Diels, Cyriela | Shippen, Jamesa | Richards, Daleb
Affiliations: [a] Institute for Future Transport and Cities - NTDC, Coventry University, Coventry, UK | [b] Department of Engineering, School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University Clifton Lane, Clifton, Nottingham, UK
Correspondence: [*] Address for correspondence: Tugra Erol, Institute for Future Transport and Cities - NTDC, Coventry University, Coventry, CV1 5FB, UK. Tel.:+44 0 247 765 9320; E-mail: [email protected].
Abstract: BACKGROUND:The role of appearance of automotive seats on perceived comfort and comfort expectancy has been acknowledged in previous research but it has not been investigated in depth. OBJECTIVE:To identify the effects of the appearance of production automotive seats, based on the hypothesis that visual design differentiations are affective in creating comfort expectations. The significance of the descriptors Sporty, Luxurious and Comfortable and the associated visual design attributes was of interest. METHOD:Images from 38 automotive production seats were used in an image-based card sorting app (qCard) with a total of 24 participants. Participants were asked to categorize the different seat designs varying from 1: least, to 9: most for all three descriptors.The resulting data was analyzed using hierarchical clustering analysis. RESULTS:The results indicated that the perceived Sporty, Luxurious and Comfortable were descriptor items that significantly differentiated seats with certain design attributes. It was found that for the Sporty perception the integrated headrest design and angular shapes were key. On the other hand, the Comfort perception was characterised by seating with a separate headrest and rounded seat back/cushion shapes. CONCLUSIONS:For seat design processes, the method enables a practical way to identify elements conveying Sporty, Comfortable and Luxurious perception.
Keywords: Automotive, seat, comfort experience, visual impression, attribute mapping
DOI: 10.3233/WOR-208007
Journal: Work, vol. 68, no. s1, pp. S69-S85, 2021
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