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Marc Miquel

Curator | Dark Patterns

Marc Miquel is a User Engagement PhD researcher & Game Designer in Barcelona, Catalonia. He worked in the gambling industry as a user researcher and now curates darkpatterns.org with Harry Brignull in an effort to stamp out user interfaces designed to trick and improve the web. He also created the company Catalan Games to explain his Catalonia’s culture in a funny way.

Using Open Experience Design and Social Networking to Stamp Out Dark UX

  • Analytics and Tracking, Content and Copy, Customer Experience, Design, Facebook, Interaction Design, Interface and Navigation Design, Mobile Applications, Mobile Technology, Personal and Professional Development, Product design, Product Releases and Redesigns, Research Methods and Techniques, Social Networking, Usability, User Reported Feedback

A two-pronged strategy for dealing with the Dark Patterns that deceive users, frustrate designrs, and ruin the reputations of organizations and companies of all kinds.

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Throwing Light on Dark UX with Design Awareness

  • Business Value and ROI, Design, Design Theory, Development, E-commerce, Facebook, Flow and Immersion, Information Design and Architecture, Interaction Design, Interface and Navigation Design, Marketing and Brand, New and Emerging Technologies, Personal and Professional Development, Psychology and Human Behavior, Research Methods and Techniques, Strategy, Technology, Visual Design

Users and designers can work to develop their Design Awareness in order to avoid the manipulative patterns associated with Dark UX.

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Dark UX: The Elements of The Video Gambling Experience

  • Analytics and Tracking, Business Value and ROI, Customer Experience, Design, Flow and Immersion, Gaming, Information Design and Architecture, Interaction Design, Interface and Navigation Design, Psychology and Human Behavior, Research Methods and Techniques, Technology, Technology for the Common Good

Slots and other electronic gambling machines often employ dark design patterns that encourage users to spend and play more without stopping or burning out.

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