The three-volume set LNCS 9186 9187 and 9188 constitutes the proceedings of the 4th
International Conference on Design User Experience and Usability DUXU 2015 held as part of
the 17th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction HCII 2015 in Los Angeles CA
USA in August 2015 jointly with 13 other thematically similar conferences. The total of 1462
papers and 246 posters presented at the HCII 2015 conferences were carefully reviewed and
selected from 4843 submissions. These papers address the latest research and development
efforts and highlight the human aspects of design and use of computing systems. The papers
accepted for presentation thoroughly cover the entire field of Human-Computer Interaction
addressing major advances in knowledge and effective use of computers in a variety of
application areas. The total of 132 contributions included in the DUXU proceedings were
carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in this three-volume set. The 61 papers included
in this volume are organized in topical sections on design thinking user experience design and
usability methods and tools DUXU management and practice emotional and persuasion design and
storytelling narrative and fiction in DUXU.
