Affective-Blue Design Methodology for Product Design Based on Integral Kansei Engineering

Table 1

Blue images and design elements.

Blue cluster	Blue images	Blue design elements
Blue configuration	(i) Easy assembling and disassembling (parts)	(i) Assemble and disassemble function
	(ii) User-friendly manipulating (system or parts)	(ii) Manipulation function
	(iii) Interchangeable or reconfigurable (system or parts)	(iii) Interchangeable function
	(iv) Consolidating (space)	(iv) Stiffness
Blue function	(i) Easy connecting and disconnecting (parts)	(i) Connecting and disconnecting function
	(ii) Soft functioning (solar, gravity, etc.)	(ii) Green energy utilization
	(iii) Flexible (system)	(iii) Flexible function
	(iv) Automation	(iv) Automation
	(v) Smart	(v) Intelligence function
	(vi) Energy-saving	(vi) Excellent physical property
	(vii) Resonance-free	(vii) Advanced technology
	(viii) Feedback functioning
Blue interface	(i) Fault tolerating	(i) Fault tolerance
	(ii) Homogeneous	(ii) Identificability
	(iii) Unified	(iii) Safety function
	(iv) Easy-to-recognize	(iv) Antistupidity function
	(v) Protective (safety)	(v) Consistency
		(vi) Homogeneity
Blue composition	(i) Green (material)	(i) Green material
	(ii) Soft (components)	(ii) Permeable material
	(iii) Permeable (components)	(iii) Composite material
	(iv) Inexpensible (alternate)