• Aesthetic plating and motivation in context 

      Velasco, Carlos; Veflen, Nina (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Previous research has suggested that people prefer balanced over unbalanced plating compositions. Importantly, though, the question remains as to whether plating balance influences consumers' associations of plating with ...
    • Aesthetic plating and motivation in context 

      Velasco, Carlos; Veflen, Nina (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Previous research has suggested that people prefer balanced over unbalanced plating compositions. Importantly, though, the question remains as to whether plating balance influences consumers' associations of plating with ...
    • Assessing the influence of packaging design symmetry, curvature, and mark on the perception of brand premiumness 

      Romeo, Elena; Jensen, Henrik; Hunneman, Auke; Velasco, Carlos (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Packaging and label design are crucial in facilitating the perception of brand premiumness. However, we know relatively little about how common design characteristics used in a product’ packaging affect consumers' perception ...
    • Sketching the Future of Human-Food Interaction: Emerging Directions for Future Practice 

      Deng, Jialin; Bertran, Ferran Altarriba; Obrist, Marianna; Mueller, Florian 'Floyd'; Velasco, Carlos (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      There is an increasing interest in food within the Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) field with emerging interactive prototypes that augment, extend, and challenge the various ways in which people engage with food. The ...
    • The role of typeface curvilinearity on taste expectations and perception 

      Velasco, Carlos; Hyndman, Sarah; Spence, Charles (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      People associate specific shape properties with basic taste attributes (such as sweet, bitter, and sour). It has been suggested that more preferred visual aesthetic features are matched to sweetness whereas less-preferred ...