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form attitude material function sensory meaning psychological
disproportionate balanced natural functional cold interesting dangerous
regular hygienic shiny primitive warm strong safe
random dirty /
pollution plastic comfortable alive healthy
simple forced
(unnatural) unknown harmful
aesthetic harmonious aversive fear
complicated sympathetic
Table 4: Operational definition with the categorized words
Here are some notable highlights from the user survey through the evaluation above:
%70 biophilic, positive response to prefer to use, biophilic
according to the judges
This is an example which shows consistency between the
evaluation tools.
*The possible reasons were: fetal position, sleeping figure on the
photo, indicating comfort, protection, safety, trust, peace, natural
material (wood) and soft cushions.
%66 biophilic - %52 non-biophilic/biophobic, mostly positive
response to prefer to use, biophilic according to the judges.
*The possible reasons were: smooth lines and transitions, matt
metal, the warmth of wood elegant joints and the variations through
the section. Also it was found non-biophilic/biophobic because its
sharp form may cause harm and may not be ergonomic.
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Critical Issues in Science, Technology and Society Studies
Conference Proceedings of the 17th STS Conference Graz 2018
- Title
- Critical Issues in Science, Technology and Society Studies
- Subtitle
- Conference Proceedings of the 17th STS Conference Graz 2018
- Editor
- Technische Universität Graz
- Publisher
- Verlag der Technischen Universität Graz
- Location
- Graz
- Date
- 2018
- Language
- English
- License
- CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- ISBN
- 978-3-85125-625-3
- Size
- 21.6 x 27.9 cm
- Pages
- 214
- Keywords
- Kritik, TU, Graz, TU Graz, Technologie, Wissenschaft
- Categories
- International
- Tagungsbände
- Technik