SHORTLISTED FOR THE CRIME WRITERS' ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL DAGGER 2013. Florence, 1965. A man is found murdered, a pair of scissors stuck through his throat. Only one thing is known about him - he was a loan shark, who ruined and blackmailed the vulnerable men and women who would come to him for help. Inspector Bordelli prepares to launch a murder investigation. But the case will be a tough one for him, arousing mixed emotions: the desire for justice conflicting with a deep hostility for the victim. And he is missing his young police sidekick, Piras, who is convalescing at his parents' home in Sardinia. But Piras hasn't been recuperating for long before he too has a mysterious death to deal with . . .
Unlocking Emotions in Design: A Comprehensive Guide to Kansei Engineering" delves into the captivating realm of Kansei Engineering, an innovative methodology originating from Japan that revolutionizes product design and development. Unlike traditional approaches, Kansei Engineering places emotions and psychology at the heart of the design process. By unraveling the intricate tapestry of users' emotional responses and psychological nuances when engaging with products, this methodology transcends mere functionality to craft profound user experiences. Through insightful examples and a didactic journey, this book demystifies the foundational tenets of Kansei Engineering. As readers embark on this voyage, they'll traverse a landscape of diverse tools meticulously tailored for the methodology's application. These tools, akin to a craftsman's instruments, empower designers to decipher the intangible intricacies of human emotions and weave them seamlessly into their creations. Readers will emerge with a profound grasp of the Kansei Engineering methodology. Armed with this enriched comprehension, they will be adept at carrying our their own Kansei Engineering studies, a testament to the book's efficacy as a transformative learning resource. As designers and enthusiasts embrace the teachings held within, they will wield the power to evoke precise emotional landscapes through their creations, ultimately fostering unparalleled user satisfaction and profound engagement.
The book's title is taken from the rank that the author had at age seven when his playmates - all older than him - were kings, presidents and generals, and found that the rank of soldier was still too high for him. Rather than a reason for humiliation and consequent insecurity, this demotion has trained the author since childhood not to put on airs and not to believe himself important, even when with advancing of age and career he might perhaps have thought so. The cut of the book is therefore to look at things from the bottom upwards, and to remember, without emphasis and often tongue in cheek, a life that in many ways was exciting, sometimes useful, always lived as a service and never as an opportunity for personal gain. In a sense, "Under-soldier" is a non-book: it breaks the rule of going from the general to the specific, from the atmosphere of the time to private history, and leads the story in reverse, from private history to History. It's like listening to a conversation that does not concern you from the room next door, like listening to the phone call of someone else, or reading private papers. But only to find out that you are interested in those sentences that you have overheard, in those pages of others, because they concern a world and a chain of events, places and people, facts and Facts. It is a story that is not an essay, not a novel, where every idea (and the theory derived from the idea) comes from something that happened, where events crisscross each other and the imagination is a reflection of things that happened, words that were spoken, not invention. The cover of the book has been created by the Publisher from a drawing by the author.
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