• 복식문화연구
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• 제28권6호
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• pp.771-786
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• 2020

This study aims to develop a life-friendly, wrap-one-piece style dance sports practice wear considering the physical characteristics of middle-aged, abdominally obese women. These types of practice wear allow people to enjoy exercise easily and to wear these garments as daily wear while meeting the requirements for dance sports wear. The three participants selected for this study were all women with five or more years of dance sports experience and were all average sized on Korea's abdominal obesity scale. In the first phase of the study, practice wear was created in a total of nine styles with three different styles of neckline depths for three different styles of dress skirt lengths. In the second phase of the study, the practice wear was created in 15 styles with five different styles of sleeve lengths for three different styles of waistline heights. After analyzing the design preferences of the participants, the fit preferences of the designs were evaluated and the final appearance was analyzed in order to suggest a pattern. The results of the subjects' first and second preference evaluations showed a preference for a 10 centimeter neckline depth, for high waistlines, and for elbow to wrist-length sleeves. The implementation of this research is expected to be extensive, as its results can be used as basic data for making lifestyle dance sports practice wear that covers the physical insecurities of middle-aged, abdominally obese women and enables them to enjoy their leisure time.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제17권9호
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• pp.2436-2457
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• 2023

The elderly population is rapidly increasing worldwide, but many face challenges in using digital tools like the Internet due to health and incapacity issues. Existing online search user interfaces (UIs) often overlook the specific usability needs of the elderly. This study proposes an adaptable web search UI model for the elderly, based on their perspectives, to enhance search performance and usability. The proposed UI model is evaluated through comparative usability testing with 20 participants, comparing it to the Google search UI. Effectiveness, efficiency, and satisfaction are measured using task completion time, error rate, and subjective preferences. The results show significant differences (p > 0.05) between the proposed web search UI model and the Google search UI. The proposed UI model achieves higher subjective satisfaction levels, indicating better alignment with the needs and preferences of elderly users. It also reduces task completion time, indicating improved efficiency, and decreases the error rate, suggesting enhanced effectiveness. These findings emphasize the importance of considering the unique usability needs of the elderly when designing search UIs. The proposed adaptable web search UI model offers a promising approach to enhance the digital experiences of elderly users. This study lays the groundwork for further development and refinement of adaptable web search UI models that cater to the specific needs of elderly users, enabling designers to create more inclusive and user-friendly search interfaces for the growing elderly population.

• 한국GIS학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국GIS학회 2008년도 공동추계학술대회
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• pp.106-112
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• 2008

개인화(personalization)는 고객이 원하거나 필요로 하는 정보를 규정할 수 있고, 이에 의해 결과물을 제공하여 손쉽게 접근할 수 있도록 고객 선호도에 따라 동적으로 제공하는 방법을 의미한다. 이러한 개인화 서비스는 웹의 대중화 이후에 무선 인터넷과 휴대폰으로 대표되는 모바일 기기의 급속한 확산으로 모바일 분야에서도 점차 중요해지면서 공간분석 결과물의 서비스에도 적용 가능한 환경이 만들어지고 있으나 부동산 정보와 같이 수많은 정보와 복잡성을 가지는 분야에서 사용자 맞춤형 서비스가 가능하도록 적용된 경우는 거의 없다. 본 논문에서는 모바일 기기 사용자를 위한 공간 정보의 개인화 서비스 방법으로 사용자 프로파일(profile) 정보를 이용한 공간분석 및 비동기적 알림(notification) 서비스 방법을 제시한다. 이를 위해 개인 프로파일 정보를 이용하여 공간 분석을 수행할 수 있는 시스템을 설계함으로써 개인별 선호 정보에 따른 공간 분석이 가능한지 검증하고, 생성된 결과물이 알림 서비스를 통해 사용자의 모바일 기기로 효율적으로 전송될 수 있는지 확인하였다. 또한 사용자가 선택 가능한 조건이 다양한 부동산 정보에 적용함으로써 원하는 조건에 따른 실제적인 개인별 맞춤 서비스가 가능한 프로토타입을 구현하였다. 제안된 시스템을 이용하면 사용자 프로파일을 중심으로 공간 분석을 포함한 정보 서비스를 받을 수 있으며, 캐쉬 모듈을 이용한 보다 빠른 서비스가 가능하다.

• 유통과학연구
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.79-91
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• 2015

Purpose - First, the study identifies and analyzes consumer preferences with regard to health foods and supplements. Second, it identifies and analyzes consumer preferences with regard to the properties of Vitamin C supplements. Third, in order to provide a basic data for the development of Vitamin C supplements and to measure how consumers value the properties of different Vitamin C products, a consumer survey was conducted through the choice-based conjoint model. Based on the results, the research estimates consumers' relative product-related priorities as well as price levels and willingness to pay (WTP) for different product types, and makes suggestions regarding consumer-oriented new product development and progressive directions for the successful launch of health foods and supplements. Research design, data, and methodology - This study aims to define the attributes of health foods and supplements based on several characteristics including their natural ingredients, product price, product originality, natural ingredient content, and additional functional ingredients, and makes suggestions regarding strategic market pricing and product development for health foods and supplements according to customer attitudes and characteristics. The research used choice-based conjoint analysis methodology based on the Multinomial Logic Model and collected 94 questionnaires filled out by users of Korean Vitamin C supplements. Results - Product price is the most influential factor among the five analyzed properties. When consumers buy Vitamin C products, the relative significance level of four of the examined properties is as follows: 40.9% for product price, 23.3% for product originality, 21.9% for natural ingredient content, and 13.9% for additional functional ingredients. Vitamin C content is excluded as it is not a statistically significant factor. It is interesting that supplement manufacturers and retailers consider Vitamin C content to be very important whereas consumers do not regard it as an important factor at the time of purchase. The results for the marginal willingness to pay (MWTP) for each property of Vitamin C supplements show that consumers are willing to pay an additional 11,146 Korean won for a 50% increase in the natural ingredient content. With regard to product originality, consumers are willing to pay an additional 11,301 Korean won for products manufactured in Europe than for products manufactured in China. Moreover, consumers show a greater preference for products manufactured in Korea than in Europe. However, consumers are not willing to pay more for additional Vitamin C or additional functional ingredients added to Vitamin C products. Conclusions - According to the results of consumer research on Vitamin C supplements, which represent a popular health food supplement in Korea, most Korean health food and supplement companies are not consumer- or market-oriented when developing new products. Companies gather information from either R&D specialists or sales managers and their opinions are highly reflected in new product development. The study's results will help companies recognize the importance of understanding consumers' unmet needs in advance to develop new products in the future.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제14권9호
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• pp.141-152
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• 2014

전자책 리더의 사용자 인터페이스는 매우 다양하여 사용성 문제를 야기하는 주요 요인이 되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 일반적으로 가장 많이 사용되고 있는 6개의 스마트폰용 전자책 리더를 대상으로 기능 설정 옵션과 터치스크린 동작 사용에 관한 사용자 선호도를 조사 분석하여 이를 기반으로 전자책 리더의 사용성을 높일 수 있는 대안을 도출하고자 한다. 기능 설정 옵션에 대한 분석 결과, 배경색 설정은 배경색 아이콘에 사용되는 글자 색상을 함께 명시하고 지원되는 배경색의 종류는 8개가 적절하며, 화면밝기 설정은 화면밝기 설정 바를 이용하여 조정하고, 화면밝기 자동 옵션 기능을 함께 제공하며, 글자크기 조정은 +/- 버턴을 이용하고, 글자모양은 '기본값' 옵션과 함께 10개 정도를 지원하는 것이 이상적인 것으로 나타났다. 페이지 넘김 효과는 효과 없음, 페이지 넘김, 슬라이드, 스크롤, 사라지는 효과 옵션을 제공하고, 페이지 이동 방법은 스크롤바에 의한 이동을 기본으로 하고, 페이지 번호 입력에 의한 이동, 목차 및 책갈피 목록에 의한 페이지 이동의 기능은 반드시 제공하는 것이 바람직할 것으로 나타났다. 전자책 리더 터치스크린 동작 기능에 관한 분석 결과 전자책 리더의 화면 구성은 좌, 우, 중간으로 구분하고 화면 좌측을 짧게 한번 터치하면 페이지의 이전 페이지로, 우측을 터치하면 다음 페이지로 이동하고, 화면의 중간을 터치하면 기능 메뉴가 표시되도록 구성하는 것이 이상적일 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구의 결과는 향후 전자책 리더 사용자 인터 페이스 설계 시에 사용성 향상을 위한 지침을 제공해 줄 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제45권2호
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• pp.213-222
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• 2017

Heat treatment of wood is an attractive alternative environmentally-friendly treatment to add value of less valuable woods by improving color, dimensional stability, and natural durability. To improve the color properties of Korean white pine (Pinus koraiensis) and royal paulownia (Pauwlonia tomentosa), we treated the woods at $160^{\circ}C$, $180^{\circ}C$, $200^{\circ}C$, and $220^{\circ}C$ for 2 hours. Color change after heat treatment was evaluated using the CIE-Lab color system and survey was conducted to determine the consumer preferences towards color of heat-treated wood. Lightness ($L^*$) decreased with increasing temperature and the higher degree of change was obtained in royal paulownia. The red/green chromaticity ($a^*$) in both wood decreased after heat treatment at $160^{\circ}C$, and constantly increased after heat treatment at $180^{\circ}C$ to $220^{\circ}C$. Yellow/blue chromaticity ($b^*$) in Korean white pine tended to increase after heat treatment at $160^{\circ}C$, then decreased gradually afterwards. In royal paulownia, $b^*$ values linearly increased with increasing temperature. Overall color change (${\Delta}E^*$) increased with increasing temperature with higher degree obtained in royal paulownia. Samples with the clamps in both wood species showed lower degree of the change in $L^*$, $a^*$, b and ${\Delta}E^*$. The results of the consumer preferences test showed that the darker colors of heat-treated woods were more preferred by consumers compared to the lighter colors of untreated woods. Consequently, heat treatment could enhance the color properties of Korean white pine and royal paulownia woods for value added products.

• 복식
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• 제53권2호
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• pp.35-55
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• 2003

The purpose of the study is to get some pieces of prior information to eventually develop competitive swimming suit designs with Korean traditional images. The study has been accomplished in following steps. First, as theoretical research, the history of swimming suit design and the requirements in designing competitive swimming suits were studied. Second, as practical research, at first, the trend of the competitive swimming suit designs in the national swimming suit market was examined. And then. the questionnaire surveys of both professional and amateur swimmers about their design preferences with purchasing and fabric-related tendencies were conducted for understanding professionals' characters more exactly. This data were analyzed through cross-analysis and multi-response analysis and x 2 was used. The results of this study can be summarized as follows : First, athletes' preferential design tendency for the swimming suit designs were examined in the aspects of style, color, pattern, logo, and accessary. In style, female athletes preferred an athletic one-piece style and male ones preferred a brief style. In color. neutral, mostly black was preferred most and cold color group like dark blue and navy blue next, regardless of sex. In addition, they preferred similar color coordination. In pattern, though solid fabrics were mostly preferred in both sexes, especially Taeguk motive were considered the most appropriate pattern to show Korean image. Besides, logo was considered importantly, and swimming caps and goggles of accessaries were generally used. Second, athletes' swimming suit purchasing tendency was as a following. the number of swimming suits possessed was more than 4 pieces. the durable period was less than 3 months. and the most important point considered in purchasing was an easy fitting for men and a design with an easy fitting for women. And most of swimming athletes preferred foreign products than domestic ones, which was attributed to excellent quality, easy fitting, and good design. and so on. Third, in fabric-related tendency, food touch, easy fitting. and opaqueness were considered importantly. and durability to chlorine, elasticity, color fastness, easy draining, lightness, and so on were demanded forward.

• 디자인학연구
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.173-188
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• 2005

최근 기업 경영에 있어서 디자인의 중요성이 점차 증가하고 있는 반면 브랜드의 시각적 역할을 담당하는 로고에 대한 연구가 상대적으로 소홀히 다루어져 왔다. 특히 브랜드 로고의 시각적 특성에 대한 소비자 반응 연구는 상대적으로 부족한 실정이다. 이에 본 연구에서는 로고의 시각적인 특성에 대한 실험적인 연구로 제품별 특성에 따라 브랜드 컨셉에 기초하여 선호되는 로고 디자인을 컨조인트 분석방법을 통해 살펴보고 있다. 연구결과 이성적 컨셉의 경우 탐색 재에서는 높은 정교함과 낮은 대칭이, 경험재에서는 높은 연상이, 신뢰재에서는 낮은 정교함과 높은 대칭이 고유특성으로 나타났다. 한편 감성적 컨셉의 경우 탐색 재에서는 높은 정교함과 낮은 연상이, 경험재에서는 낮은 자연스러움이, 신뢰 재에서는 낮은 정교함과 높은 연상이 고유특성으로 나타났다. 이러한 연구결과들과 함께 이론적 실무적 시사점이 논의된다.

• 감성과학
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.581-592
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• 2011

본 연구는 고령자들이 웹을 통하여 보다 쉽게 제품을 구입할 수 있는 실버용품 쇼핑 웹 사이트 디자인에 대하여 연구하였다. 본 연구에서 다루게 될 항목은 제품 검색 단계에서의 메뉴디자인, 제품 고르기 단계에서의 이미지 배열 방식과 사용설명서의 제공방식, 제품 구매단계에서의 결제방식이다. 먼저 현황 조사를 통하여 국내에 개설되어 있는 실버용품 쇼핑 웹 사이트의 각 항목에 대한 디자인 유형을 파악한 후 실험 평가도구를 디자인하여 개발하였다. 개발된 평가도구를 61명의 고령자를 대상으로 혈압계를 찾아 구입하는 과제를 부과하여 사용하게 한 뒤 설문조사와 심층면접을 통하여 사용하기 편리한 디자인에 관한 선호도 조사를 실시하였다. 선호도 조사 결과를 바탕으로 고령자가 실버용품 쇼핑 웹 사이트를 통해 제품을 구입할 때, 고령자의 관점에서 가장 사용하기 편하면서 보기 편한 디자인을 연구하여 제시하였다.

• 한국실내디자인학회논문집
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.58-67
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• 2013

The methods used in this study included investigation of media facades used for landmarks in downtown areas in previous studies, visits to these areas, and recording of media facades. The changes in the colors or the size of buildings were analyzed among the recorded cases and 12 of these cases were selected for further study. The sensibility preference of the media facades was evaluated by sorting the 12 kinds of media facades, and providing them as materials to a group of 60 participants (40 undergraduate and 20 graduate students majoring in architecture and design) consisting of an equal proportion of males and females. This study addressed the following four_stage questions: 1) Five questions of recognition evaluation about media facades and the cognitive evaluation items of emotional vocabulary and color preference in each research case; 2) sensibility preference items regarding the media facade color design; and 3) design evaluation items of the media facades; 4) Video clips and still images were recorded from a middle distance at 7p.m to 11p.m. in central New York, Singapore, Seoul, and Beijing. The participants looked at the changes in colors through the video clips in each case and evaluated their preferences through 23 pairs of emotional vocabulary items using system dynamics. Construction of an emotional vocabulary followed, based on previous studies about media facades and color design. To evaluate the sensibility preference and the perceived representative colors of the media facade, this study suggests new emotional responses that depended on the color emotional vocabulary of light in the LED lighting technical evaluation methodology. A media facade with a moving change of colors, unlike a fixed landscape color design, suggests a new communication method based on architectural factors. New architectural color coordination can be presented for urban landscapes at night. Designs that factor in the pedestrians' emotional vocabulary or preference should take precedence over the use of high luminance and various colors.