Within the context of the circular economy, ensuring that materials and products
are in use as much as possible is an achievable design goal, where enhancing the
relationship between product and user through EDD, or emotional durability design
(Chapman, 2008), and reducing product replacement (Mugge et al., 2005), is cited as
an area of research.
Research on affective persistence design is still focused on the theoretical stage, and
the application of the theory to specific groups, lifestyles and products is not fully
explored. This study attempts to make EDD more applicable through the study of
specific groups and products, so that the industry can have different solutions to
EDD strategies for different user groups and products. This aims to influence mass production
furniture companies, and other mass-produced manufacturing, to innovate sustainably, achieve rational use of resources and reduce waste generation.

A print copy of this thesis is available in the GSA Library.