Context
The Effects of Environment on Product Design and Evaluation
Published on 20. April 2019
705 pages
978-0-12-814496-1 (ISBN)
Description
Context: The Effects of Environment on Product Design and Evaluation addresses the environment, or context, in which we consume products and the impact of context on choice and acceptability. The book explores what context is, how it influences design by specialists, and acceptance by consumers. Chapters discuss the basics of context, food and drink in context, testing a range of other products, and other contextual variables. Historically, research on context has been done in the laboratory and various natural locations, but rapid growth in other methods to study context, including evoked contexts, immersive contexts, virtual reality contexts, and more have widened research possibilities.
Appealing to the professional, academic and commercial markets, this book will be of interest to those who conduct research in product development and product testing, to those who study what controls product usage, including eating from the health perspective, and to those who make decisions about product and space development.
- Explores information on how context works and how to assess its influence on product decisions
- Discusses the basics of context, food and drink in context, and testing other products in context, including personal care products and home and workspace design
- Identifies variables that contribute to the contextual experience
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Content
Section A - The Basics1. The Language of Context Research2. People in Context - The Social Perspective3. Context Effects at the Level of the Sip and Bite4. In Home Testing5. Useful Observational Research6. Situational Appropriateness in Food-oriented Consumer Research: Concept, method, and applications
Section B - Meals in Context 7. Food Choices in Context8. Meal and Snack: Two Different Contexts for Foods and Drinks 9. The Meal as the Proper Context for Foods and Drinks10. The Value of Studying Laboratory Meals 11. Are Family Meals Declining? The Example of Denmark12. Studying Natural Meals: What Are the Benefits of the Living Lab Approach?13. The Effects of Environment on Product Design and Evaluation: Meals in Context, Institutional Foodservice14. The Effect of Context on Children's Eating Behavior 15. Food Combinations and Food and Beverage Combinations in Meals16. Virtual Reality and Immersive Approaches to Contextual Food Testing
Section C - Testing Products in Context17. Healthcare Supplements in Context18. Personal and Home Care Products in Context 19. Beverages in Context 20. Automobiles in Context 21. The Office Architecture: A contextual experience with influences at the individual and group level22. Conducting Contextualized and Real-Life Product Tests: Benefits and experimental challenges23. Inducing Context with Immersive Technologies in Sensory Consumer Testing24. Contextual Product Testing for Small to Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) 25. Assessment of the Comfort of Workwear for the Food Industry
Section D - Other Contextual Variables26. Evoked Consumption Context Matters in Food-Related Consumer Affective Research27. Packaging in Context28. From Photos to Real Stores: Context squared29. Alcoholic Beverages in Context 30. Learning From the Real World-Creating Relevant Research Designs
Section E - Summary31. Summary
