Research On Application Of "Empathy" In Lighting Product Design

In the classic book "Philosophy of Money" in sociology,Georg Simmel points out that the existing industrial product "lacks a spirit of certainty" [1],that is,the user can not fully determine his mental needs and experience.Not only industrial products,but also Internet products,these products are generally designed as "popular favorite" [2],often lack of their own unique,or is unique to the user.Lighting products from the people just into the life of the lighting function to expand to the decoration,intelligence,treatment and then to the user can use the lamp products to develop their own work schedule,timely treatment of their own diseases,etc.,has gradually become a user’s personal attributes exist,And constantly enhance the function and user experience,so that users in the "public music",but also enjoy the "independence music." Users demand more functional lighting products to meet the needs of the current material life,designers become more willing to material and non-material products to find experience and stories,not just a single operability and functionality.Empathy design theory and the intervention of the design for the lighting products to provide more design possibilities to help designers better access to user needs in order to facilitate the development of lighting design.The paper consists of five parts.1.The concept of empathy and the definition and concept of empathy design are discussed,and the methods and tools of empathy design theory in product design are summarized.2.Introduced the lighting product design and lighting products manufacturing all aspects of the process,and the existing lighting products shown in the user empathy experience analysis and induction,to determine the lighting product design in the theory of empathy design value.3.From the irrational design of rational and irrational aspects of the two factors to discuss.The rational factor is the basis of the user’s empathy experience,and the irrational factor is the essence of the whole user’s empathy.4.To establish a prototype of empathy design for lighting product development;5.To study the case study.