- Understand how design influences obsessive user behavior
- Understand addictions and their characteristics
- Learn how design can be used to influence "good" addictions or healthy behaviors
Have you ever wonder why you can’t stop checking your Facebook? Or why you can't stop playing Candy Crush or the latest game of the day? Ever wonder how people can sit for hours at a slot machine losing money?
Design possesses a benign force of influence. Using real-life case studies and examples, we’ll explore the relationship between obsessive user behavior and the creation of design. We'll talk about
addictions and their characteristics and how we might be able to
use design to influence good behavior. (Not all addictions are bad!)
This class is intended for both designers and curious non-designers. Designers will learn a new methodology of the design process. For non-designers, this class peeks under the hood of the relationship between design and its audience.