Abstract

TONETTO, Leandro Miletto et al. Design para o bem-estar: desafios enfrentados ao projetar para o estímulo a forças de caráter. Cuad. Cent. Estud. Diseñ. Comun., Ensayos [online]. 2023, n.121, pp.148-166.  Epub Aug 23, 2023. ISSN 1853-3523.

Character strengths are personal traits that indicate how individuals handle adversities. When users apply their strengths in everyday life, their wellbeing tends to in-crease, which can be stimulated by Design, according to an emerging field defined as Posi-tive Design. This paper aims to investigate challenges faced when designing to stimulate character strengths. Seven graduated professionals, who were also master students, were prepared to design in this field. The research was based on the observation of the designers during the workshops, which had a social issue as stimulus. In these situations, a transgen-der woman played the role of a user and reported opportunities to increase her wellbeing. The activities were registered in video and observed by three researchers. Results indicate that the projects developed during the workshop were adequate to stimulate the user’s wellbeing and discuss the challenges encountered during the project development.

Keywords : Positive design; human bienestar; filosofía del diseño..

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