# Three Ways Good Design Makes you Happy

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**Created:** [March 10, 2009, 1:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/three-ways-good-design-makes-you-happy/283690 "2009-03-10T01:16:30Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 10, 2009, 1:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/three-ways-good-design-makes-you-happy/283690/1 "2009-03-10T01:16:30Z")

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> **[3 ways good design makes you happy](https://www.ted.com/talks/don_norman_on_design_and_emotion)**
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> In this talk from 2003, design critic Don Norman turns his incisive eye toward beauty, fun, pleasure and emotion, as he looks at design that makes people happy. He names the three emotional cues that a well-designed product must hit to succeed.

A nice 12-ish minute video by Don Norman 🙂