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And check out the following resources: 

Calvo, R. A. & Peters, D. (2014). Positive Computing: Technology for Wellbeign and Human Potential, MIT Press. Find the book here.

Desmet, P.M.A. (2013). Positive design: Delft students design for our well-being. 1st edition. Delft: Delft University of Technology. ISBN: 978-94-6186-912- Find the paper here.

Desmet, P.M.A., & Hassenzahl, M. (2012). Towards happiness: Possibility-driven design. In M. Zacarias & J.V. de Oliveria (Eds.), Human-computer interaction: The agency perspective (pp. 3-27). Berlin: Springer. Find the chapter here.

Desmet, P.M.A., & Pohlmeyer, A.E. (2013). Positive design: An introduction to design for subjective well-being. International Journal of Design, 7(3), 5-1. Find the paper here.

Diefenbach, S. (2018). Positive technology–A powerful partnership between positive psychology and interactive technology. A discussion of potential and challenges. Journal of Positive Psychology and Wellbeing, 2(1), 1-22. Find the paper here.

Hassenzahl, M. (2010). Experience Design: Technology for All the Right Reasons, Morgan & Claypool. Find the book here.

Petermans, A. & Cain, R. (2019) (Eds.). Design for Wellbeing: an applied approach. Routledge: Abingdon. Find the book here.

Pohlmeyer, A.E. (2012). Design for happiness. Interfaces, 92, 8-11. Find the paper here.

Pohlmeyer, A.E., & Desmet, P.M.A. (2017). From good to the greater good. In J. Chapman (Ed.), Routledge book of sustainable product design (pp. 469-486). London: Taylor & Francis. Find the chapter here.

Casais, M., et al. (2018). Objects with symbolic meaning: 16 directions to inspire design for well-being. Journal of Design Research, 16(3-4): 247-281. Find the paper here.

Diefenbach, S. (2018). Positive technology–A powerful partnership between positive psychology and interactive technology. A discussion of potential and challenges. Journal of Positive Psychology and Wellbeing, 2(1), 1-22. Find the paper here.

Zhang, P. (2007). Toward a positive design theory: Principles for designing motivating information and communication technology. Advances in appreciative inquiry, 2(1), 45-74. Find the paper here.

Beckmann & T. Gross (Eds.), INTERACT 2015 Adjunct Proceedings: International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (Vol. 22). (pp. 153-160). Bamberg: University of Bamberg Press.
Find the paper here.

Burmester, M., Zeiner, K.M., Laib, M., Hermosa Perrino, C., & Queßeleit, M.L. (2015). Experience design and positive design as an alternative to classical human factors approaches. In C. Find the paper here.