Patterns 01 – 36
The original field guide.
Volume 1 is a collection of 36 design metaphors, idioms, and anti-patterns – each one a lesson and guide to recognizing and overcoming common design and organizational challenges.
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Learn about their origin, when to encounter them, why they happen, how to countermeasure them, plus a pro tip, and examples.
Volume 1 is humorous and educative. It explores and describes the following common design mistakes:
- Lipstick on a Pig
- Mullet UI
- Dribbblization
- Cargo Cult UX
- Pixel Peeping
- Frankenstein Design
- Lorem ipsum trap
- Empty Fridge Syndrome
- Dark Forest UX
- Uncanny Valley
- Yak Shaving
- Bike Shedding
- Rubber Ducking
- Sandbagging
- Paving the Cow Path
- Design Debt
- Whack-a-mole
- Pogo Sticking
- Wizard of Oz Testing
- A/B Cemetery
- Executive Seagull Effect
- Dogfooding
- Happy Path
- Sad Path
- False Consensus Effect
- Design by Committee
- UX Theater
- Canary Release
- HiPPO
- Broken Windows UX
- Sunk Cost Fallacy
- Confirmation Bias
- Anchoring Bias
- Primacy Bias
- Recency Bias
- Hick’s Law