ABSTRACT
This chapter presents the Design for Happiness Framework (DfH) and the Designing for Home Happiness Framework as applicable specific creative methods for this purpose; they provide relevant processes and tools to design for happiness and wellbeing. It also presents a short summary of prevalent creative methods available to designers, such as probes, toolkits and prototypes. The most common creative methods used by designers can be consolidated under the headings: probes, toolkits and prototypes. The chapter also presents a comprehensive review of relevant aspects for designing for happiness and wellbeing to demonstrate a need to specialise methods in this area. The unique design process of DfH combines for the first time elements of holistic sustainable design plus happiness characteristics. However, for the purposes of explaining DfH in a clear manner, the following sections split it into three separate foundations: design approach; design process; and the toolkit.
