Skip to Navigation | Skip to Content

Mental Models

Aligning design strategy with human behavior

Mental Models

Shapes, Color, Layout, Meaning

I'm always very happy to see different ways that people lay out and color mental models. This morning at UX Week, Adaptive Path unveiled an idea for a better insulin pump. As a part of their initial research, they created an alignment diagram (mental model) that separates behavior from emotion with color and location of the boxes. Behavior is shown in blue, emotion in pink. In addition frequency of behavior (or emotion?) also appears as a separate element. I applaud the tweaks they made to the model that went on to serve an important role in the design of their product.

Post a comment

We’ve enabled comment moderation on Rosenfeld Media. Upon posting your comment, it will not immediately appear on this page. Hang tight, we’ll be sure to screen it before too long. (Starred fields are required)

We don’t like these either (but comment spam makes them a must)

Buy This Book:

Format & Ordering Info