Research Article

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

Table 4

Results of high-level Kansei word pairs (C. = Component, Con. = Contribution, Acc. = Accumulation, EV = Eigenvalue).

High-level Kansei wordsMiddle-level Kansei wordsC.1C.2C.3C.4EVCon. (%)Acc. Con. (%)

Upright and firm (Y1)Old0.683.2733.7533.75
Traditional0.27
Conveninent−0.91
Rigid0.756
Easy0.81

Mellow and round (Y2)Round0.942.8828.1761.92
Mature−0.86
Lovely0.77
Plentiful0.54

Special and fashionable (Y3)Complete new0.942.8828.1761.92
Splendid0.78
Heterogeneous0.65
Special−0.55

Simple and noble (Y4)Simple0.952.0014.1998.67
Respectable0.92
Generous0.83