Sustainable balance between usability and aesthetics in hardware and software design within the organizational context

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The relationship between usability and visual aesthetics shapes how people encounter hardware and software, interpret interfaces, and assess the value of digital products. Within organizations, this relationship is frequently fragmented across technical development, visual design, and business decision-making, even though users experience these dimensions together. This volume examines their intersection through an interdisciplinary perspective grounded in human-computer interaction, cognitive and emotional responses to design, and organizational strategy. The discussion traces the transition from function-oriented computing toward user-centered approaches, considering graphical interfaces as the point where technical capabilities become meaningful actions. It examines usability through effectiveness, efficiency, and satisfaction, drawing on ISO 9241-11 and the human-centered design principles of ISO 9241-210:2019. Visual hierarchy, Gestalt principles, emotional design, and the aesthetic-usability effect provide a basis for exploring how appearance may influence expectations and perceived ease of use. Particular attention is paid to the limits of aesthetic appeal when systems present serious functional problems. The organizational chapters consider product adoption, support demands, perceived value, and competitive differentiation. The volume culminates in an Integrative Usability-Aesthetics Model (MIUE), presented as a conceptual framework with proposed avenues for empirical assessment. Based principally on documentary analysis, public industry examples, and expert perspectives, the work does not claim universally generalizable causal findings. Instead, it argues for treating visual form and functional performance as connected responsibilities, while recognizing that design quality must ultimately be judged in relation to specific users, tasks, and contexts.

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Book title

Sustainable balance between usability and aesthetics in hardware and software design within the organizational context

Authors

Yennifer Díaz Romero, Melissa Edith Salazar Echeagaray, Víctor Manuel Martínez García, Gonzalo Javier Llamas Rios, Manuel Iván Tostado Ramírez, Jesús Alejandro Vázquez Meza, Rogelio Estrada Lizárraga

DOI

https://doi.org/10.62486/978-9915-9966-9-1

Publisher

South American Publishing

Imprint

South American Publishing

ISBN

978-9915-9966-9-1 (eBook, Spanish)
978-9915-9966-8-4 (Softcover, Spanish)

Published

2026-11-25

Language

English

Edition number

1

Publication type

monograph

Subject area

Social Sciences & Humanities

BISAC

COM070000 (Primary)
DES009000
BUS063000
PSY008000

THEMA

UYZG

License

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

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© 2026 The Authors