From Sustainable Materials to User-Centered Sustainability: Material Experience in Art Healing
This work addresses the problem of integrating user-centered sustainability and psychological needs into material design for art healing applications, representing an incremental advancement in sustainable design.
The study developed sustainable hydrogel materials and investigated their role in art healing through material experience, finding that 'Aesthetic' properties most influence healing, followed by 'Intrinsic' properties, with 'Physical' properties having limited effect.
This study develops sustainable materials using hydrogel as the matrix and explores the transition from sustainable materials to user-centered sustainability, with a particular focus on achieving art healing through material experience. The findings reveal that "Aesthetic" property exert the greatest influence on art healing in the context of multimodal material experiences involving visual, tactile, and smell, followed by "Intrinsic" property, whereas "Physical" property have a comparatively limited effect. Furthermore, the study proposes a material experience framework that enables designers to systematically and holistically understanding material characteristics. It highlights the importance of considering users' psychological perceptions and emotional needs in the material design process.