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  2. Behavioural design - Wikipedia

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    Behavioural design is a sub-category of design, which is concerned with how design can shape, or be used to influence human behaviour. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] All approaches of design for behaviour change acknowledge that artifacts have an important influence on human behaviour and/or behavioural decisions.

  3. Design theory - Wikipedia

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    In a 'principles' approach to design theory, the De Stijl movement (founded in 1917) promoted a geometrical abstract, "ascetic" form of purism that was limited to functionality. This modernist attitude underpinned the Bauhaus movement (1919 onwards). Principles were drawn up for design that were applicable to all areas of modern aesthetics.

  4. Visual hierarchy - Wikipedia

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    A representation of hierarchical feature extraction and combination in the visual system. Visual hierarchy, according to Gestalt psychology, is a pattern in the visual field wherein some elements tend to "stand out," or attract attention, more strongly than other elements, suggesting a hierarchy of importance. [1]

  5. Visual design elements and principles - Wikipedia

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    Visual design elements and principles may refer to: Design elements; Design principles This page was last edited on 28 ...

  6. Affordance - Wikipedia

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    The design of tea cups and a teapot suggest their respective functions A door knob shaped to reflect how it is used, an example of perceptible affordance Affordance is one of several design principles used when designing graphical user interfaces. In psychology, affordance is what the environment offers the

  7. Design thinking - Wikipedia

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    In the 2000s and 2010s there was a significant growth of interest in applying design thinking across a range of diverse applications—for example as a catalyst for gaining competitive advantage within business [35] or for improving education, [36] but doubts around design thinking as a panacea for innovation have been expressed by some critics ...

  8. The Design of Everyday Things - Wikipedia

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    The Seven Stages of relationship can be broken down into 4 main principles of good design: Visibility - By looking, the user can tell the state of the device and the alternatives for action. A Good Conceptual Model - The designer provides a good conceptual model for the user, with consistency in the presentation of operations and results and a ...

  9. Mental model - Wikipedia

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    The term mental model is believed to have originated with Kenneth Craik in his 1943 book The Nature of Explanation. [1] [2] Georges-Henri Luquet in Le dessin enfantin (Children's drawings), published in 1927 by Alcan, Paris, argued that children construct internal models, a view that influenced, among others, child psychologist Jean Piaget.