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Dark Patterns

2010-08-17 18:14:00.327226+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

Dark Patterns:

Normally when you think of “bad design”, you think of laziness or mistakes. These are known as design anti-patterns. Dark Patterns are different – they are not mistakes, they are carefully crafted with a solid understanding of human psychology, and they do not have the user’s interests in mind.

[ related topics: Psychology, Psychiatry and Personality Graphic Design ]

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