ABSTRACT
We relate to our environments emotionally. Though design theory sometimes fails to appreciate the complexity and the variance of human experience, for anyone concerned with design, cultivating the ability to recognize, listen and respond to what people undergo and feel is vital. I intend to draw attention to the discursive topic of the urban dimension of emotion. While I focus on experience of the city, I believe that the implications of my arguments are relevant to design on many levels, as it relates to explorations of diversity of human experience in general.
