I switched from psychology to product design and realized almost all design problems are really human psychology problems
When I switched careers from psychology to product design, I was almost embarrassed that I had a master’s in psychology instead of a design degree.
That feeling disappeared pretty quickly.
Because I noticed something most design education barely talks about:
There is no good design without understanding people.
Design is applied psychology.
This free book is not just about the psychological mechanisms that shape user behavior, but also about what happens inside the minds of designers, teams, and organizations.
Defensive about your design decisions?
That’s cognitive dissonance.
You ship what your boss likes most?
That’s authority bias.
Designs get worse after team meetings?
That’s groupthink.
Users hate your redesign even though it’s objectively better?
That’s loss aversion.
I wrote this for people who want to better understand the mind they’re designing for and the mind they’re designing with.
40 chapters. Free to read. Not selling anything. No login required.
https://productdesignpsychology.com