Peoples’ characteristics define concerns such as their size and their relationships with others. People behave in specific ways, depending on their circumstances. When designers examine a wide array of peoples’ characteristics and the ways people behave, nuanced discoveries for how and what to design emerge.
A person's internal and physical identity.
How long a person has lived.
A person's assigned sex at birth.
A person's race based on physical appearance.
A person's sense of their own gender.
A person's physical size.
A person's physical and mental condition.
Ways people relate to others and how they perceive themselves in those relationships.
Emotional and/or romantic attraction to another person.
Ways people are connected to others.
A classification based on a person's social and economic status.
Facts, information, and skills a person has acquired.
Peoples' worldviews and self-concepts shape the ways they make meaning in different situations.
People's collected beliefs about themselves.
How a person conceives the overall "tone" of the world.
People during goal-directed activities.
Concentration on the activity at hand.
A way of thinking or feeling about an activity or design object.
What a person believes others will think of them when they perform a behavior.
Competence or skill to complete an activity.
Physical sensations such as pain or coldness.
A person's emotional state.
References and sources that support the inclusion of this Aspects of Experiences for Design component.