| Project/Area Number |
17600026
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
表象芸術
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| Research Institution | Nihon University |
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Principal Investigator |
FUJIO Koeda Nihon University, College of Art, Professor (90256909)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
SHIMIZU Toshinari Nihon University, College of Art, Professor (20139249)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2005 – 2006
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2006)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥2,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000)
Fiscal Year 2006: ¥1,400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000)
Fiscal Year 2005: ¥1,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000)
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| Keywords | Universal design / Industrial Design / Fragrance / Sense of smell / A feeling of 5 / 臭覚 |
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| Research Abstract |
One of the successful results of this study was that the appeal to the sense of smell or fragrance was effective in making people enjoy, see and understand the content of the display. It was also good to confirm the fact that we could propose the functions and forms of environmental fragrance generator and the detector of breast cancer caused by mammary gland, which were appropriate to the universal design point of view. The former device (CT-20), among others, have been produced and used in various daily life situations, whereby gaining a marked evaluation from the users. We believe that this fact testifies the acceptance on the part of users in general. Furthermore, it was found that devices aiming for the psychological and physiological effects as their main purpose tend to have 'common' form or elements unlike those products which have smell effects as added value. This has made it possible for us to consider the smell-related products as a specific genre distinct from other products. Seeing a sphere or regular tetrahedron while smelling citrus fragrance(A) or forest fragrance(B) produces a tense or concentrated state of mind. This is also true of hexahedron emitting fragrance(A).
However, it was found that the form of hexagon is irrelevant when emitting fragrance(B). Man's senses, visual, smell and haptic are closely related to each other. The finding that the fragrance and visual form interact to produce changes of psychological state of mind is significant outcome of the present research leading to further exploration into the relationship of fragrance and visual forms in the field of universal design.
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