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24 alternatives to Emotional Design

Learn why you have deep emotions for your Mac or Roomba

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Emotional Design launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Well-Designed▲71

   How to use empathy to create products people love

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Design for Humans▲231

   An email course about emotional design

   2015 · paulaborowska.gumroad.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Emotional Design▲3

   Why We Love (or Hate) Everyday Things

   2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   How Games Move Us: Emotion by Design ▲70

   A look at how games make us feel

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Designing For Emotion▲79

   On brand personality and delighting users

   2015 · abookapart.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Psychology for designers▲63

   Enhance your design work

   2015 · fivesimplesteps.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Emotional Branding▲63

   The new paradigm for connecting brands to people

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Design, Form, and Chaos▲80

   A great source of design inspiration

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   My Designer Is Driving Me Crazy!▲77

   Learn to get the design you want by joining the creative pro

   2015 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    References.Design▲141

    Explore, discover and organize your digital inspirations

    2018 · south-side.cl · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Seductive Interaction Design▲75

    To use a product should be to fall in love with a product

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Design+code▲177

    Learn iOS design and Xcode

    2014 · designcode.io · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Articulating Design Decisions▲64

    Learn to explain your design decisions so people agree!

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Designing Web Apps▲145

    Learn to design experiences your users will love (2nd ed.)

    2015 · nathanbarry.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Learn from Great Design▲62

    An in-depth look at great design through "masterclasses"

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Collectie 1.5▲141

    Create moodboards to organize your content.

    2016 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Ultimate Digital Design Guide▲71

    Guide to optimization using Eye Tracking & Emotion Analytics

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Ways to Connect ▲127

    A book on design by Ryan Singer from Basecamp (pre-launch)

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    The Design of Everyday Things▲165

    Good, usable design is possible

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Panobook▲128

    A panoramic notebook for your desk.

    2017 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →

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    Affinity Designer Workbook▲71

    Learn digital design and illustration with Affinity Designer

    2016 · affinity.serif.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Designing for Touch▲88

    A guide for designing touch interfaces

    2015 · abookapart.com · its alternatives →

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    Inspired▲83

    How to create products customers love

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Moodboard▲104

    Share ideas with a link!

    2014 · gomoodboard.com · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →