The Design Psychologist | Psychology for UX, Product, Service, Instructional, Interior, and Game Designers

Thomas Watkins
17 episodes
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Genre - Design

Welcome to The Design Psychologist, a podcast where we explore the intersection of psychology and design. The show is hosted by Thomas Watkins, a design psychologist who has spent years applying behavioral science principles to the creation of digital products.

We sit down with a variety of experts who apply psychology in different ways to the design of the world around us. Thomas uses his expertise to guide conversations that provide practical advice while illuminating the theory behind why designs succeed.

Tune in if you are a design practitioner who seeks to understand your work on a deeper level and craft experiences that are intuitive, effective, and delightful.

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Latest Episode

Closing the Knowing-Doing Gap: Designing for Real Behavior Change (with Julie Dirksen) (18.08.2025)

Previous Episodes

Order Matters—But Not the Way You Think: How Serial Position Gets Misused 11.08.2025
From Vibes to Variables: How We’re Measuring the Unmeasurable in UX (with Bill Albert) 04.08.2025
The Shape of Choice: What Hick’s Law Really Reveals About Decision Time 28.07.2025
How to Visualize the Invisible: Metaphors, Models, and Meaning (with Stephen P. Anderson) 21.07.2025
How Well Do Our Words Reflect Our Inside World? A psychological perspective on the limits of self-report, introspection, and understanding the human mind 14.07.2025
Disruptive by Design: Uncovering Game-Changing Insights (with Larry Marine) 07.07.2025
The Why Behind Sample Size: How Many People Do You Really Need to Test With? 30.06.2025
How to Decode Conversation: A Paradigm Shift in Qualitative Insight and Human Understanding (with Indi Young) 23.06.2025
Why It Feels Right: Affordance and the Mind’s Hidden Expectations 16.06.2025
Designing for Risk: What Aviation and AR Reveal about Attention, Disaster, and Human Factors (with Chris Wickens) 09.06.2025
How to Find the Next Big Idea: Deductive vs. Inductive Thinking in Product Research 03.06.2025
The Six Minds of UX: A Design Checklist You Didn't Know You Needed (with John Whalen) 28.05.2025
Color Psychology in Design: What the Science Really Says 28.05.2025
Psychology Principles Every Designer Should Master (with Susan Weinschenk) 28.05.2025
Design for Ease: The Psychology of Effort in UX Design 28.05.2025
Trailer: Welcome to The Design Psychologist Podcast 01.05.2025