Laws of UX: Using Psychology to Design Better Products & Services

by Jon Yablonski

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Laws of UX distills foundational psychological principles into actionable design guidelines, covering 21 laws organised across heuristics, Gestalt principles, and cognitive biases. Jon Yablonski translates research from Hick, Fitts, Miller, and Kahneman into practical frameworks that product designers can apply to create more intuitive interfaces. Each law is paired with real-world examples from popular digital products.

Published:: 2020
Pages:: 152

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In this collection, Laws of UX: Using Psychology to Design Better Products & Services references 5 other books.

It draws on Thinking, Fast and Slow, Hooked and The Design of Everyday Things.

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Yablonski's chapter on the Peak-End Rule directly references Kahneman's dual-process theory from Thinking, Fast and Slow, explaining how System 1 heuristics shape user perception of product experiences

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Thinking, Fast and Slow

by Daniel Kahneman

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The book references Nir Eyal's Hooked model when discussing how psychological principles like variable rewards and the Zeigarnik Effect can be applied ethically in product design

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Hooked

by Nir Eyal

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Yablonski builds on Norman's affordance concepts from The Design of Everyday Things, particularly when explaining how Gestalt principles and perceived affordances guide user expectations in interfaces

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The Design of Everyday Things

by Don Norman

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The discussion of default effects and choice architecture in Laws of UX draws on Thaler and Sunstein's Nudge framework for understanding how design choices influence user behavior

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Nudge

by Richard Thaler

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Yablonski references Krug's Don't Make Me Think when discussing Jakob's Law and the importance of leverageing familiar design conventions to reduce cognitive load

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Don't Make Me Think

by Steve Krug

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Thinking, Fast and Slow

Hooked

The Design of Everyday Things

Nudge

Don't Make Me Think

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