Magic and Design: Using the Thought Process of Magicians to Design New Experiences
at UX London 2017
Type
talk
Adrian Westaway, magician and co-founder of Special Projects, shows how magicians design illusions and how that mindset can inform experience design. Drawing on historical magicians and contemporary product examples, he shares tools for finding moments to inject surprise and delight, while avoiding gimmicks that undermine real user needs.
People
Adrian Westaway
Methods
Interaction DesignDesigning how people act with a product over time: controls, states, feedback, flows and micro-interactions. Turns goals and constraints into concrete behaviours that feel clear and forgiving, informed by perception, cognition and the physical or digital context of use.