Understanding human experience and its subjective nature

In a recent classroom exercise at the Insitute of Design, we were asked by our professor to judge our campus building and make an assessment of its accessibility, form, function, and performance. There were 3 groups of students and…

Let me tell you three stories to explain “What is an experience?”

What “product experience”, “service experience” and “brand experience” are and how are these different from “life experiences”?.

Story1:

The Anatomy of an Experience

Existence is complex, in other words, dependent. All things exist because of and in relation to other things. We exist in context. Living things are an amalgamation of our internal contexts, both natural behaviors and unnatural behaviors (behaviors influenced by external…

Hostage of the Experience of Legacy

This is the first in a series of writings on experience. I will draw on my academic and…

WTF is an Experience?

With the job title of “Experience Designer” you would think I’d be better at defining what an experience is. But…

What is an Experience?

In the field of psychology, experience can be seen as an emotion; in the field of business, experience is now one of the most critical economic means of a company. In the field of product and service design, experience is the “look and feel” of the product, a specific sensorial reflection…

“Experience”&“X Experience”

Before that, I might never realized that experience was different from user experience, customer experience…

What is an Experience?

Exhilarating excitement, an increased heart rate and nervous anticipation were some of the feelings I was experiencing as I paddled during my first ever river rafting adventure. Going river rafting, while on a camping trip to the Smoky Mountains, was one of the most magical and memorable…

An Experience: What matters…

A designed experience is an event/ series of events that create conditions for a person/ people to receive/engage with a product/service.

The next point I should make in this blog post is then to share a point of view on the intricate differences…

WTF is an Experience?

Experience is that gut feeling you’re left with after a slew of activities and interactions with a particular brand…