Three levels of Design: Visceral, Behavioral, Reflective

By Jurjan, 15/01/2018

All three levels play their part in creating a experience.

Visceral design (Is all about immediate emotional impact)

  • Is what nature does
  • Dominates physical features
  • Has the same rules all over the world
  • Is about initial reactions
  • Can be studies quite simple by putting people in front of a design and waiting for reactions
  • Requires the skills of the visual and graphic artist and the industrial engineer

95% Of the factors that contribute to a decision in your brain are due to emotion.

Behavioral design (Has to be a fundamental part of the design process)

  • Is all about use
  • Is the aspect practitioners focus upon
  • Function comes first
  • Is to understand how people will use a product
  • Applying user-centered design
  • Human-centered, focusing upon understanding and satisfying the needs of the actual users

Reflective design (All about long-term customer experience)

  • Is all about the message, culture, the meaning of the product or its use
  • Evoking personal remembrance
  • Self-image