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hat good designers base their choices strictly on matters of branding or basic design principles. Lost in these discussions is an understanding of the powerful role aesthetics play in shaping how we come to know, feel, and respond.
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Yet, if we shift the conversation away from graphical elements and instead focus on aesthetics, or “the science of how things are known via the senses,” we learn that this distinction between how something looks and how it works is somewhat artificial.
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how do aesthetic design choices influence understanding and emotions, and how do understanding and emotions influence behavior?
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Another explanation: We want those things we find pleasing to succeed. We’re more tolerant of problems with things that we find attractive.
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05 May 09
Jade AndersonOne interesting point among many: "We’re more tolerant of problems with things that we find attractive."
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04 May 09
Joan Vinall-CoxA truly valuable and important article about learning
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the powerful role aesthetics play in shaping how we come to know, feel, and respond.
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Our language constrains visual design to mere styling and separates aesthetics and usability, as if they are distinct considerations
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“the science of how things are known via the senses,”
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how we perceive and interpret the world
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how people respond to these elements. Our question becomes: how do aesthetic design choices influence understanding and emotions, and how do understanding and emotions influence behavior
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Cognitive science studies how people know things and aesthetics plays a critical role in cognitive processing
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When designing, we must consider how our brain interprets the meaning of color, shadow, and shading. We rarely notice these aesthetic choices, except when people get them wrong:
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how our brain interprets the meaning of things such as color, shadow, shading, and other natural occurrences.
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the more attractive button is likely to be more usable by most people
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“...emotion is not a luxury: it is an expression of basic mechanisms of life regulation developed in evolution, and is indispensable for survival. It plays a critical role in virtually all aspects of learning, reasoning, and creativity. Somewhat surprisingly, it may play a role in the construction of consciousness.” [1]
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According to a 2002 study, the “appeal of the overall visual design of a site, including layout, typography, font size, and color schemes,” is the number one factor we use to evaluate a website’s credibility.
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Attention to design details implies that the same care and attention has been spent on the other (less visible) parts of the product—which implies that this is a trustworthy product.
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The only difference was that one machine’s buttons and screens were arranged more attractively than the other. In both Japan and Israel (where this study was repeated) researchers observed that subjects encountered fewer difficulties with the more attractive machine. The attractive machine actually worked better.
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we can’t actually separate cognition from affect.
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Separate studies in economics and in neuroscience are proving that:
“affect, which is inexplicably linked to attitudes, expectations and motivations, plays a significant role in the cognition of product interaction…the perception that affect and cognition are independent, separate information processing systems is flawed.”
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We’re not nearly as in charge of our decisions as we’d like to believe.
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02 May 09
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In the early 1900s, “form follows function” became the mantra of modern architecture. Frank Lloyd Wright changed this phrase to “form and function should be one, joined in a spiritual union,” using nature as the best example of this integration.
The more we learn about people, and how our brains process information, the more we learn the truth of that phrase: form and function aren’t separate items. If we believe that style somehow exists independent of functionality, that we can treat aesthetics and function as two separate pieces, then we ignore the evidence that beauty is much more than decoration. Our brains can’t help but agree.
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Marian SteinbachÜber die Rolle des ästhetisch ansprechenden im Interface Design
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Christy TuckerWhy aesthetics are important to web design (and by extension, online learning)--we shouldn't approach visual design as an add on, but a core part of the design
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According to a 2002 study, the “appeal of the overall visual design of a site, including layout, typography, font size, and color schemes,” is the number one factor we use to evaluate a website’s credibility.
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Researchers in Japan setup two ATMs, “identical in function, the number of buttons, and how they worked.” The only difference was that one machine’s buttons and screens were arranged more attractively than the other. In both Japan and Israel (where this study was repeated) researchers observed that subjects encountered fewer difficulties with the more attractive machine. The attractive machine actually worked better.
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23 Apr 09
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allgood2 AllgoodAttractive things work better
Okay, so maybe perceptions are important to product design. But what about “real” usability concerns such as lower task completion times or fewer difficulties? Do attractive products actually work better? This idea was tested in a study conducted in 1995 (and then again in 1997). Donald Norman describes it in detail in his book Emotional Design.design aesthetics usability psychology webDesign userinterface ALA
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Jennifer HolmesWe’ve all seen arguments in the design community that dismiss the role of beauty in visual interfaces, insisting that good designers base their choices strictly on matters of branding or basic design principles.
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Sam Meddis'By making intentional, conscious decisions about the personality of your product, you can shape positive or negative responses.'
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Here, aesthetics communicates function. The example on the right resembles a physical button. The beveled edges and gradient shading remove any doubt about its function.
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When designing, we must consider how our brain interprets the meaning of color, shadow, and shading. We rarely notice these aesthetic choices, except when people get them wrong:
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Product personality influences our perceptions. Think about how quickly we form expectations about someone simply based on how they dress or present themselves.
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According to a 2002 study, the “appeal of the overall visual design of a site, including layout, typography, font size, and color schemes,” is the number one factor we use to evaluate a website’s credibility.
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22 Apr 09
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Benny TorresLongish article about the benefits of good aesthetics on the ability of things to actually work.
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aesthetics is concerned with anything that appeals to the senses
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how do aesthetic design choices influence understanding and emotions, and how do understanding and emotions influence behavior?
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Translation: if it looks like a button, it must be a button.
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Similarly, there’s a reason good confirmation screens have a check mark and are likely to involve some shade of green: Green is good. Red is bad. Yellow is something to think about.
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However, research into attention, persuasion, choice, happiness, learning, and other similar topics suggests that the more attractive button is likely to be more usable by most people.
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According to a 2002 study, the “appeal of the overall visual design of a site, including layout, typography, font size, and color schemes,” is the number one factor we use to evaluate a website’s credibility.
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Frederik Van ZandeWe’ve all seen arguments in the design community that dismiss the role of beauty in visual interfaces, insisting that good designers base their choices strictly on matters of branding or basic design principles. Lost in these discussions is an understanding of the powerful role aesthetics play in shaping how we come to know, feel, and respond.
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jumi ramFrom the article's "snapshot":\nQUOTE\nResearch proves attractive things work better. How we think cannot be separated from how we feel. The next time a boss, client, or co-worker scoffs at the notion that beauty is an important aspect of interface design, point their peepers here.\nUNQUOTE
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Yule HeibelFrom the article's "snapshot":
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Research proves attractive things work better. How we think cannot be separated from how we feel. The next time a boss, client, or co-worker scoffs at the notion that beauty is an important aspect of interface design, point their peepers here.
UNQUOTEdesign aesthetics beauty affect psychology usability userinterface
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Cognitive science studies how people know things and aesthetics plays a critical role in cognitive processing
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these are characteristics of affordance, which are aspects of design that help a user to discover how they might interact with an object. Translation: if it looks like a button, it must be a button.
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When designing, we must consider how our brain interprets the meaning of color, shadow, and shading.
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research into attention, persuasion, choice, happiness, learning, and other similar topics suggests that the more attractive button is likely to be more usable by most people
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it’s closer to the truth to say things that are enjoyable will be easy to use and efficient
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the UI design decisions we make affect the perceived personality of our applications
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By making intentional, conscious decisions about the personality of your product, you can shape positive or negative responses
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What kind of personality are you creating with your application? And what expectations does this personality bring with it?
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In other words, how we “think” cannot be separated from how we “feel.”
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21 Apr 09
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Our language constrains visual design to mere styling and separates aesthetics and usability, as if they are distinct considerations. Yet, if we shift the conversation away from graphical elements and instead focus on aesthetics, or “the science of how th
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