There are a host of interesting books about psychology, design, emotion, and how our brains work that informed my book, Designing for Emotion. Here’s a list of essential books for the shelves of any user experience designer, web designer, or content strategist interested in the topic of emotional design.
In his short video series Everything is a Remix, Kirby Ferguson (@remixeverything), guides us through history and shows us how ideas are created, copied, and transformed.
Click the scissors three times in the footer at Kickstarter.com, and watch as the bottom of the page falls off.
Psychologist Robert Plutchik’s research on emotion and its evolutionary origins provides fascinating insights and foundational theory for those of us exploring emotional design.
I’ve been talking a lot this year about ways we can foster our own creative, independent thinking. Creativity and inspiration aren’t natural resources. You have to cultivate them with lots of practice.
I recently gave a talk at Future of Web Design London entitled “Idea To Interface” in which I challenged and hopefully inspired my fellow web designers to create side projects to fuel creative thinking, and inform the work we do at our day jobs. I worked with the amazingly talented Mike Rohde, illustrator for Rework on the illustrations for the slide deck. As a sketchnote guru, Mike was the perfect fit for this talk as it’s all about capturing one’s ideas on paper or in a simple prototype.
BetaBrand makes hipster clothing, each piece with its own story and witty micro-brand. The interaction patterns on their ecommerce site are equally as clever. Add something to the shopping cart and watch it peel out in a flaming blaze of glory.
BetaBrand has obviously been checking out Photojojo. Would love to hear from BetaBrand about how emotional design has influenced sales and marketing figures.
