One for the road. One for the dirt. Both equally good for the soul.
Wouter de Bres
@wdeb.bsky.social
Designing simple digital products with good humans. Psychologist turned Software Designer.
They made some good progress on our bus. Our daughters named him Bennie. Hopefully Bennie will be ready in time for summer vacation. 🤞
> Bad ideas are fertilizer. You need them. They are not a detour on the way to the good version. They are the ground it grows from. Really enjoying this completely free book from Wouter de Bres. productdesignpsychology.com
Product Design Psychology by Wouter de Bres
Understand the minds you design for and the mind you design with.
productdesignpsychology.com
I finally found an excuse to bring back the classic dancing hamsters and confetti @fubits.dev 🎉❤️
Ilja@fubits.dev · 2mo ago🙏
Good humans, I wrote a book. Took me 10 yrs. Share it with anyone who wants to understand the minds they're designing for and the mind they're designing with. 40 chapters free to read. 📘 productdesignpsychology.com ❤️
The more you look at your design, the less qualified you are to judge it. That’s when your own mind starts lying to you. productdesignpsychology.com/04-your-mind...
Your Mind Lies to You | Product Design Psychology
Your Mind Lies to You. How the brain defends your work while pretending to evaluate it. Understand the minds you design for and the mind you design with.
productdesignpsychology.com
For all 40 chapters in my book, I created an illustration. It was a challenge to develop a unique style and come up with concepts that matched each chapter’s topic, but I’m happy with how they turned out. 📘 productdesignpsychology.com
Every work day I start here on the couch with a coffee, making my todo list for the day and going through emails and chats. Often with some piano music playing in the background 💆♂️
The feedback came in. The screen was confusing. People got stuck. The evidence was obvious. And still, you defend it. Because the design stopped feeling like work and started feeling like proof of whether you were actually good at your job. 📘 productdesignpsychology.com/03-design-fo...
Design for Your Ego | Product Design Psychology
Design for Your Ego. How cognitive dissonance turns feedback into a threat. Understand the minds you design for and the mind you design with.
productdesignpsychology.com
You might have called it experience. A lot of the time, it was just you designing for yourself in a room full of people who are nothing like you. 📘 productdesignpsychology.com/01-nobody-th...
Nobody Thinks Like You | Product Design Psychology
Nobody Thinks Like You. How false consensus makes you design for yourself. Understand the minds you design for and the mind you design with.
productdesignpsychology.com
It's finally live. Product Design Psychology is a free online book about psychology and design. Not just how psychology shapes the decisions your users make, but also the decisions you make as a designer, and the organization you work in. 📘 productdesignpsychology.com
I had an absolute blast riding through the mountains of Sardinia.
A weekend trip on an old motorcycle through muddy forest tracks is good for the soul.
Working on the illustrations for my book Product Design Psychology. After almost a decade 🙈 of starting, stopping, and starting again, I’ve finally reached the fun part.
Another dream unlocked: We bought a 1970 Volkswagen T2a campervan. Might still need a tiny bit of work, but we can’t wait for many family road trips in this classic.
My little office space is coming together nicely—it’s amazing how much joy and productivity this cozy, creative corner is bringing.
Fed up with pretty much every digital PM tool and todo app out there, I’m going back to good old paper and pencil for my task list.
Step by step, my new office space is coming together. Made some good progress: ✅ Laminate flooring ✅ Desk ✅ Chairs ✅ Banana lamp ✅ Balloon lamp ✅ Plants ✅ Coffee machine Next up: a bookcase, a rug, and some wall decor. Maybe a couch or a lounge chair.
Finally found (and ordered) an office chair that’s not just ergonomically solid but also an absolute beauty: the Enova Aria EAR-001B, designed by Marcelo Alegre.
Just got the keys to my new office! Needs a lot of work, but I’m excited to turn it into a creative space where my best designs will come to life.
