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24 alternatives to Evil By Design

Leverage human fallibility to create powerful UIs

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

1. 1
   Evil By Design▲64

   57 persuasive design patterns

   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Evil by Design▲68

   Like Nir Eyal's "Hooked" but with more pictures, and evil.

   2015 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Social Engineering▲62

   The Art of Human Hacking

   2015 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Hacking UI: Victor Yocco▲65

   Applying psychological theory to digital design

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Designing the Invisible▲69

   Create great web experiences

   2015 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Design for Hackers▲78

   Visual design, deconstructed

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   for / with / in▲54

   Experiments and conversations about design in the browser

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   UI Design System▲180

   Starter kit for Sketch to create awesome user interfaces.

   2017 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   UX Strategy▲106

   How to devise innovative digital products that people want

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    The User Experience Team of One▲64

    A Research and Design Survival Guide

    2015 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    The Dark Net▲62

    A revelatory examination of the internet

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Think Twice▲70

    Harnessing the power of counterintuition

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Invisible Influence▲69

    The hidden forces that shape behavior

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Invisible Influence▲66

    The Hidden Forces that Shape Behavior

    2016 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Theory of Fun for Game Design▲67

    Thoughts on the most important element of any game's design

    2015 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Triggers▲72

    Creating behavior that lasts

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Don't Make Me Think▲83

    A book about human-computer interaction and web usability

    2015 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Predictably Irrational▲96

    The hidden forces that shape our decisions

    2015 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Design, Form, and Chaos▲80

    A great source of design inspiration

    2016 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Hackers▲75

    Heroes of the computer revolution

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    The Design of Influence: How to Craft Products that Move People▲93

    Use social psychology to design engaging digital experiences

    2015 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Ten Faces of Innovation▲64

    Beyond the Devil's Advocate

    2016 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Learn Enough Dev Environment to Be Dangerous▲68

    A tutorial introduction to computer development environments

    2017 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Disrupt Yourself▲64

    Putting the Power of Disruptive Innovation to Work

    2016 · its alternatives →

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