The aim of this research was to establish how brands can create an
emotional relationship with users through the design of their products.
Investigations into existing knowledge on brand, emotional design, and
branding techniques employed by designers were conducted in the
literature review. Further empirical investigations were undertaken to
build on the findings presented in the literature. These findings
however were with respect to objects in general, with further research
required to investigate how branding could affect these findings.
Current methods used by working product designers were also sought to
compare against those presented in the literature.