1.3.1 The Four-Pleasure Framework

The four-pleasure framework can act as a critical component to determine how users interpret and interact with a product.

Design in Context

C1.3 Beyond usability (HL only)

By the end of this topic, you should be able to...

outline how the four-pleasure framework can be used to create designs that intentionally trigger socio-, physio-, psycho- and ideo-pleasure responses.

Guiding Question

How do designers go beyond accessibility and usability to address a wider range of issues to improve products and services?

Linking Questions

To what extent are prototyping techniques becoming production systems? (A2.2)
Which aspects of structural, mechanical and electronic systems impact on the availability of certain production systems? (A3.2, A3.3, A3.4, B3.2, B3.3, B3.4)
How does the design of a product for specific manufacturing techniques limit the choice of production system that can be used to create it? (A4.1)
How does material selection in a commercially viable product impact the cost of using different production systems? (B3.1)
How do production techniques influence aspects of user-centred design (UCD) that go beyond usability? (C1.3)
How does the scale of production impact a product when using a design for a circular economy strategy? (C2.2)
Why is a deep understanding of how components are manufactured and assembled vital for effective product analysis and evaluation? (C3.1)
To what extent does the selection of a production system affect the outcome of a product’s life-cycle analysis? (C3.2)
To what extent does the choice of design for manufacture strategies affect the feasibility of certain production systems? (C4.1)