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How Design Makes Us Think: And Feel and Do Things

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$18.75 $37.5 In stock

Category: Architecture

Design is never neutral.

In How Design Makes Us Think, Feel and Do Things, Sean Adams explores the invisible ways design shapes our perceptions, decisions, emotions, and behavior. Drawing from psychology, history, and everyday experience, he reveals how colors, symbols, typography, and objects influence us—often without our awareness. Insightful and accessible, it's an invitation to look more closely at the designed world and understand the forces quietly guiding our choices.

Customer Reviews (4.8 / 5 · 19 reviews)

Ryan W. ★★★★★

There’s a chapter on how color and spacing subtly steer your mood that I keep flipping back to. It’s the kind of book that makes you notice the design choices in your own kitchen, and it’s surprisingly hard to put down.

Adam ★★★★★

Reading this felt like getting a pair of glasses for the first time—suddenly I noticed how every layout, color, and font choice in my daily life was quietly steering my decisions. Sean Adams’s writing is so clear that the psychological concepts never feel academic, just obvious. I’ve already started

Timothy ★★★★★

The psychology angle is what hooked me—it digs into how layout and color quietly steer your decisions without you noticing. Every chapter made me pause and rethink the posters, apps, and even street signs around me.