This book explores how dynamic changes in products' sensory features can be used to convey
information to the user in an effective and engaging way. The aim is to supply the reader with
a clear understanding of an important emerging area of research and practice in product design
referred to as dynamic products which is opening up new possibilities for the integration of
product design with digital and smart technologies and offering an alternative to the use of
digital interfaces. Dynamic products are artifacts displaying sensory characteristics - visual
tactile auditory or olfactory - that change in a proactive and reversible way over time
addressing one or more of the user's senses. The reader will learn why and how to communicate
by means of such dynamic products. Their potential advantages and limitations are identified
and design tools are proposed to support the design activity. It is hoped that the book will
stimulate the design community to reflectupon the ever more compelling need to merge the
virtual and the material in the information society by exploiting technological possibilities
in order to create more meaningful and involving experiences.
