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Product Design: Preference for Rounded versus Angular Design Elements
Author(s) -
Westerman Steve J.,
Gardner Peter H.,
Sutherland Ed J.,
White Tom,
Jordan Katie,
Watts David,
Wells Sophie
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
psychology and marketing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.035
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1520-6793
pISSN - 0742-6046
DOI - 10.1002/mar.20546
Subject(s) - preference , product (mathematics) , context (archaeology) , graphics , product design , psychology , mathematics , computer science , advertising , computer graphics (images) , statistics , geometry , business , paleontology , biology
ABSTRACT Two experiments tested whether a general relative preference for objects with rounded rather than angular form ( B ar & N eta, 2006, 2007) can be applied in the context of the design of consumer products. Images of product packaging—a chocolate product ( E xperiment 1) and water and bleach bottles ( E xperiment 2)—were manipulated with regard to the shape of both contour and graphics. There was a preference for rounded designs that extended to self‐report purchase likelihood—with additive effects of contour and graphics shape that could not be accounted for by design typicality or perceived ease of use.