Consumer Psychology
The Digital Persuasion Engine - Part 4: The Slot Machine in Your Pocket
·978 words·5 mins
How variable reward systems in smartphones create compulsive behavior patterns.
The Digital Persuasion Engine - Part 3: Trapped in the Feed
·959 words·5 mins
How social feeds exploit human vulnerabilities to create compulsive engagement.
The Digital Persuasion Engine - Part 2: The Surveillance Nudge
·987 words·5 mins
How surveillance systems predict and modify human behavior for commercial gain.
The Digital Persuasion Engine: Dark Patterns, Surveillance, and Behavioral Control
·183 words·1 min
A four-part exploration of how digital systems manipulate human behavior through dark patterns, surveillance nudges, social feeds, and addictive design.
The Digital Persuasion Engine - Part 1: Dark Patterns: A User's Guide to Manipulation
·1176 words·6 mins
How deceptive design patterns exploit human psychology for commercial gain.
The Tangible Soul - Part 3: Satisfaction Engineering: Balancing Functionality and Emotional Appeal
·480 words·3 mins
How to engineer satisfaction by balancing technical functionality with emotional and psychological appeal in product design.
The Tangible Soul - Part 2: Mental Mapping: The Power of Association in Design
·468 words·3 mins
How cultural and historical associations of materials influence product perception and design choices.
The Tangible Soul: Materials and the Industrial Mind
·210 words·1 min
Exploring how materials shape human perception and satisfaction in industrial design.
The Tangible Soul - Part 1: Sensory Stimulation: The Aesthetic Attributes of Modern Solids
·510 words·3 mins
How the sensory properties of materials influence human perception and product design.