Evaluating the consistency of immediate aesthetic perceptions of web pages
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
Give me a reason: hedonic product choice and justification
CHI '08 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
The New Review of Hypermedia and Multimedia - Special issue on experience design - applications and reflections
Empirical investigation of web design attributes affecting brand perception
Proceedings of the 6th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Extending Boundaries
ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (TOCHI)
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
The dilemma of the hedonic - Appreciated, but hard to justify
Interacting with Computers
Using affect to evaluate user engagement
CHI '12 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
In search of theoretical foundations for UX research and practice
CHI '12 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
International Journal of Creative Interfaces and Computer Graphics
Web Aesthetics and Usability: An Empirical Study of the Effects of White Space
International Journal of E-Business Research
Proceedings of the 5th ACM SIGCHI symposium on Engineering interactive computing systems
Love it or hate it!: interactivity and user types
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
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The empirical study of aesthetics in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) is concerned with - among other topics - the relationship between beauty and usability and the general impact of beauty on product choice and use. Specifically, the present paper explores the notion of a "beauty dilemma" - the idea that people discount beauty in a choice situation, although they value it in general (i.e., they are not choosing what makes them happy). We explored this idea in three studies with a total of over 600 participants. Study 1 revealed a reluctance to pay for beauty due to its hedonic nature (i.e., associated with luxury etc.). Study 2 showed that people prefer a more beautiful product, but justify their choice by referring to spurious advantages in usability. Finally, Study 3 revealed that a choice situation which requires a trade-off between beauty and usability, and which offers no further way to justify choosing beauty, leads to a sharp increase in the preference of usability. The underlying reasons for this "beauty dilemma" and further implications are discussed.