Design-thinking in our daily life
🚨 Combat cognitive overload

Most interfaces today use some “tricks” to get our attention, like a very good ad. And this is done through color, sound, movement, and feedback. Another place where the same principle goes? — Casinos! That’s right! You walk into a casino, you see colors, lights, sounds, and animations everywhere. That’s part of why our brains are attracted to that. When it comes to our phones, think of the complexity of an app Icon, or how notification badges, interfaces, and animations are designed.

Illustration by Natasha Remarchuk from Icons8

Did you know that the human eye is naturally drawn to warm colors? Especially red. That’s why we see it everywhere, from traffic lights to UX Design. That’s why a notification badge is designed to be red, so you know it’s something important and you have to look there. The same goes for app icons and interfaces.

So, a trick that you can easily do, is to turn your whole OS interface black and white. It sounds and it will feel weird at first, but then you start to realize how much better and distraction-free experience you’ll have.

These principles can be applied everywhere. From our workspace, from our homes, we can all create a more distraction-free environment by just tweaking a few things.
['Cristian Virciu']
['Design Thinking', 'Food', 'UI Design', 'Design', 'UX']