This paper titled "Do People Prefer Curved Objects?" not only has an interesting title, it also provides an interesting point to discuss the aims and claims of design research. I do not have access to this paper at the moment, but will review it and comment as soon as I get a copy.
http://libres.uncg.edu/ir/uncg/f/P_Silvia_Do_2009.pdf
Update: Ok, so I got to read the paper. Not to disrespect the authors or anything, but this paper is like those movies in which the title is enough to get the idea and you really don't need to spend your time reading it all. Two experiments were conducted, the results are a) as expected and b) inconclusive. Yes, people do prefer curved objects but it's much more complicated than that.
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