Emotion typology

Discover the nuances of emotions

Home Murphy Island About Colophon

Colophon

Delft Institute of Positive Design

The emotion typology is an initiative of the Delft Institute of Positive Design (Delft University of Technology). The Delft Institute of Positive Design seeks to advance our understanding of how design can foster human happiness. We develop tools that designers and organizations can use to tap into the vast potential of lasting wellbeing. On our website, you will find more tools, a rich library of open-access research and specific usage guidelines for applying emotion knowledge in design innovation processes (e.g., for products and services). Visit the DIOPD website.

Terms of use

The Emotion typology is published under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Creative Commons licence (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). This means that you are free to share the website for non-commercial purposes as long as you give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and do not modify the original material. Click here to see the details of the license.

Reference

In communication, please refer to this publication as follows: Fokkinga, S.F., & Desmet, P.M.A. (2022). Emotion Typology. Delft, Delft University of Technology. https://emotiontypology.com

Emotion Typology was created by

Typology

Concept and production

  • Steven Fokkinga – Emotion Studio
  • Pieter Desmet – Delft University of Technology

Research

  • Steven Fokkinga – Emotion Studio
  • Pieter Desmet – Delft University of Technology
  • Deger Ozkaramanli – Delft University of Technology
  • Agneta Fischer– University of Amsterdam
  • Disa Sauter – University of Amsterdam
  • Tjaša Kermavnar – Delft University of Technology

Website

Concept

  • Steven Fokkinga – Emotion Studio
  • Beatrijs Voorneman – Reframing Studio
  • Johan Langendoen – TodayTomorrow

Layout and design

  • Beatrijs Voorneman – Reframing Studio

Development

  • Johan Langendoen – TodayTomorrow

Movie clip selection

  • Steven Fokkinga – Emotion Studio
  • Willem van der Maden – Delft University of Technology
  • Deger Ozkaramanli – Delft University of Technology
  • Andriy Yasynetskyy
  • Agneta Fischer – University of Amsterdam
  • Disa Sauter – University of Amsterdam

Comics

Murphy’s Bad Day

  • Freya Ruijs (Illustrations)
  • Steven Fokkinga – Emotion Studio (story)
  • Deger Ozkaramanli – Delft University of Technology (story)

Finding Joy on a Desert Island

  • Markus Eberhard – Markilus (Illustrations)
  • Steven Fokkinga – Emotion Studio (story)
  • Pieter Desmet – Delft University of Technology (story)

Funding

The development of the emotion typology was supported by:

  • The Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture, and Science as part of the Creative Industry Scientific Program (CRISP).
  • The Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO), as part of the VIDI grant number 452-10-011 and VICI grant number 453-16-009 (awarded to Pieter Desmet).