#behavioraldesign

[kaleidoscopeliving]

Sensory Experiences in Design Psychology

Sensory experience is an interior design principle that uses design elements to engage our senses; sight, smell, touch, sound, and taste. By incorporating sensory elements, designers can influence how we perceive, interact, and feel in the space. Let's break it down a bit below.

Visual stimuli elements including colour, lighting, texture, and spatial layout, are the most obvious sensory elements in design. Colours evoke feelings, while light creates mood and affects how we experience a space. Texture, through patterns and contrast can add visual interest and spatial layout can establish how we behave within the space.

Acoustic comfort plays a crucial role in shaping the atmosphere of a space. Loud environments can increase anxiety while pleasant soundscapes enhance relaxation and productivity. Soft background noise can reduce distractions while nature sounds can create a calming ambiance. Soundproofing materials like carpets, acoustic panels, or heavy drapes can help create quiet zones for rest or work.

Texture adds depth to your design and can influence our comfort and emotional response to a space. Plush fabrics like velvet, silk, or wool evoke cosiness and comfort, making spaces feel inviting. Hard textures like glass, stone, metal, or polished wool add modernity and sophistication to your design. However, it can feel cold and uninviting if overused. Layering textures, for example, soft throws on a leather sofa can add depth and interest to your design.

Scent has a powerful effect on our feelings and memories, as it directly engages the limbic system in the brain. Relaxing scents like lavender and chamomile are ideal for calming environments such as bedrooms and spas. Comparatively, citrus, peppermint, and eucalyptus are invigorating scents making them suitable for offices and kitchens. Retail spaces use vanilla and cinnamon to evoke warmth and nostalgia, encouraging shoppers to linger longer.

Taste is a subtle but influential sensory element in kitchen and restaurant design. Thoughtful design with colour and lighting can enhance our dining experience by creating an atmosphere, stimulating the appetite and enjoyment. Restaurants often use cosy seating arrangements, warm lighting, and rich colours to enhance the sensory experience of dining.

An impactful design will engage multiple senses simultaneously, creating holistic and harmonious environments. For example, a spa may combine dim lighting, soft music, calming scents, and warm textures to create a relaxing experience. A home office may feature lots of natural lighting, ergonomic furniture, minimal noise, and energizing scents like citrus to promote productivity and efficiency.

Sensory design is personal and is often influenced by our cultural background and individual preferences and experiences. For instance, a family room for a nature lover might include wood textures, green tones, and a diffuser with pine or cedar scents.

So, we must consider these factors as designers to create environments that emotionally resonate with users.

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[yoomeyoo]

Transforming Recycling Habits Starts with Smarter Education

Sustainability often feels like a matter of personal responsibility,but what if we told you that the way choices are presented can educate the public more effectively than any awareness campaign?

A recent study published in Nature Sustainability dives deep into this question and reveals a powerful insight: when recycling systems are thoughtfully designed, people naturally make more sustainable choices.

This is not just about having recycling bins, it’s about how those bins, labels, and sorting categories are structured to teach and guide behavior in real-time.

Key Takeaways from the Study:

🟢 Recycling systems with streamlined categories (e.g., separating items by material) significantly increase correct sorting behavior.

🟢 Overly complex systems, with too many bins or unclear instructions, overwhelm users,leading to more mistakes and lower recycling rates.

🟢 Intuitive design, including color coding, symbols, and simple language, acts as a form of real-time education—helping people learn sustainable behavior as they go.

🟢 These design principles can scale from classrooms and offices to cities and nations, creating sustainable habits across diverse populations.

We don’t just need to “tell” people how to recycle, we need to design systems that teach them as they act. This concept merges behavioral science with sustainability and shows that small changes in how we present choices can make a massive impact on global recycling outcomes.

For professionals in environmental planning, education, and policy:

This study is a call to rethink how we embed learning into infrastructure. Educational outcomes don’t always require classrooms, they can be built into everyday systems, decisions, and routines.

Let's lead the shift from passive instruction to active education through design. What changes could your organization make to improve recycling behavior without adding complexity?

Drop your ideas or success stories below. Together, we can make sustainability the default choice, not the difficult one. 

#SustainabilityEducation #BehavioralDesign #RecyclingInnovation #GreenSystems #EcoFriendlySolutions #SustainableDesign #ClimateAction #EnvironmentallySmart #EducationThroughAction

[patyutalksabouttheworld]

Motivation isn’t enough to sustain a habit

Climate change is real. And it’s our fault that it’s become this bad. I feel partly responsible for making sure that the problem of climate change is solved within this generation. I understand the issue is extremely urgent and that if we don’t do something right now, the impact will be irreversibly tragic for the entire human race, both present and future.

To do our part, we can start small. Something as simple as using shampoo bars instead of shampoo packaged in single-use plastic containers, taking the jeep instead of booking a Grab especially if I’m just traveling alone, and talking about these feasible climate change solutions with my peers so that they can do the same and maybe even be my sources of inspiration to try out new sustainable actions.

However, it would be a bit naïve to think that an environmentally friendly lifestyle can be sustained by pure motivation. It also has to be easy to do and accessible so that the change in habit is sustainable and scalable across social groups. A few years ago, I thought it would be pretty neat if there could be milk vending machines around large schools and subdivisions, so that kids and families could use their reusable bottles to get milk, instead of using the milk cartons (which typically have plastic linings on them) that FMCG companies like Nestle distribute their milk in.

Behavioral design plays a big role in making sure habits are sustained because it eliminates barriers to ability. Why would I ever buy milk in a carton, if it’s easy and convenient for me to just walk across the street and get fresh milk using a glass bottle? Why would I buy a gas-guzzling car, if there’s a bus station that’s a 2-minute walk away from my house? Why would I throw my trash without segregating, if there are designated bins that clearly detail which types of garbage go where?

Behavioral design forces us to see that there are better ways of living because it tweaks something in daily life in a way that the desired action becomes an easy and practical choice. If we change our conditions and surroundings with the goal of making it easier for us to commit to sustainable actions, then we ensure that we are in the best position to live sustainably.

That should be the goal at the end of the day!

[thebookbrief]

"Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products" is a book written by Nir Eyal that explores the psychological principles behind why some products and services become habit-forming for users and how companies can design products that create habits in their customers. The book provides a framework for understanding how habits are formed and how to use this understanding to create products that people will use on a regular basis. It covers topics such as trigger-action pairs, variable rewards, and the role of emotions in habit formation. "Hooked" is geared towards product designers, marketers, and entrepreneurs who want to create products that become an integral part of their customers' lives. #hookedbook #nireyal #behavioraldesign #habitformation #productdesign #persuasivetechnology #psychologyoftechnology #businessstrategy #startupsuccess #entrepreneurmindset #bookstagram #reading https://www.instagram.com/p/CmlukXBugO-/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[agile20reflect]

Pon a prueba tu diseño de experiencia Preguntas que debemos hacernos mientras diseñamos. Estresemos juntos el diseño. La motivación del usuario para realizar la acción no es la única variable. https://agile20reflect.org/event/pon-a-prueba-tu-diseno-de-experiencia/?utm_source=tumblr&utm_medium=Agile20Reflect+Festival&utm_campaign=Agile20Reflect+Festival

[holapepillo]

Let’s build the future!! 😍👨🏻‍🎓 #CENTRO #UX #BehavioralDesign #keeponlearning (at Ciudad Satélite, Mexico, Mexico) https://www.instagram.com/p/CK5JmGQnnS6lI9RAyHzm6u9_g8-RVrIz8GeDck0/?igshid=47w2zdjmmrct

[roberto-zambri]

A new design is being complemented in Mall of Africa. #Retaildesign #RetailFashion #interiordesign #DesignThatWorks #DesignForEveryone #ExperienceDesign #BehavioralDesign #ArchitecturePhotography #SouthAfrica (at Mall of Africa) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnV3Dr3AfFT/?igshid=1em8kkuez37zc

[codeonedigest]

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That time I got a #servicedesign #conference to give my #mom a #shoutout as a #behavioraldesign #nudge @tw0t0tang0 (at Parsons School of Design)

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#BehavioralDesigner

Levels Explained 💡

‍Level 1: The first level ensures that you learn the basics, including some of the foundational texts. All books at this level are accessible and interesting to read, no matter your previous behavioral science knowledge level or experience.

Level 2: Next level explores the deeper principles and theories related to behavioral science. This includes more advanced foundational texts, and in general more challenging reads.

Level 3: The third level focuses on the application of behavioral science and the process for how to best design for behavior change. This level gets more practical and provides further depth into how theory can be put into action.

Level 4: Finally, this level goes deep and wide into the related fields and applications. These books are more niche and specialized (e.g., related to data science, evolutionary psychology, or design).

Reading to become a behavioral designer.

Changing behavior at scale is incredibly hard, and it’s not something we are born knowing how to do. Instead, behavioral design requires learning a unique skill-set based on insights, methods, and tools from a wide range of disciplines, including everything from behavioral economics to social psychology and service design. We also need to develop the ability to understand and weigh in the ethical considerations to ensure we create value (and not harm) through our interventions.

This guide has been created together with some of the leading minds in the field to help you learn this practice and find ways to use it for good. It is organized across four levels of depth and experience.

We hope you find it useful!

– Sam, Madison & the Habit Weekly Team

[acuitydesigneu]

Can we talk about #BehavioralDesign too? #Gaslighting #Abuse #DesignEthics #Nudge http://bit.ly/2Wvt17P

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#bebeehive#working#behavioraldesign#sustainabledesign

[agile20reflect]

Pon a prueba tu diseño de experiencia Preguntas que debemos hacernos mientras diseñamos. Estresemos juntos el diseño. La motivación del usuario para realizar la acción no es la única variable. https://agile20reflect.org/event/pon-a-prueba-tu-diseno-de-experiencia/?utm_source=tumblr&utm_medium=Agile20Reflect+Festival&utm_campaign=Agile20Reflect+Festival

[roberto-zambri]

A really great project in Kuwait city which we worked on is being featured on the @designpartnership Page, go see the profile to see more information about the it. Cocoa Room Kuwait Jabir Al-Ahmed Cultural Center. #DesignThatWorks #DesignForEveryone #ExperienceDesign #BehavioralDesign #ArchitectureDesign #DpDownUnder#ArchitecturePhotography  #InteriorPhotography  #ContemporaryDesign #RestaurantDesign #Restaurant #BespokeRestaurant #HospitalityDesign #Hospitality #InteriorsofSA #localzadesign #InteriorDesign #DesignInterior #MarbleDetail #TimberDetail #Conceptdesign #designmilk #Foodlover #architecture_hunter #SouthAfrica #Australia #KuwaitCity #Kuwait #UAE #CocoaRoom (at Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Cultural Centre - مركز الشيخ جابر الأحمد الثقافي) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnWqMXvg7qV/?igshid=152te36qhnbnb

[agile20reflect]

Pon a prueba tu diseño de experiencia Preguntas que debemos hacernos mientras diseñamos. Estresemos juntos el diseño. La motivación del usuario para realizar la acción no es la única variable. https://agile20reflect.org/event/pon-a-prueba-tu-diseno-de-experiencia/?utm_source=tumblr&utm_medium=Agile20Reflect+Festival&utm_campaign=Agile20Reflect+Festival