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But design is as much about "hiding" things incidental to the experience as it is about calling attention to the things you want people to notice. Subtle elements of the design may not rise to conscious awareness but still have an effect on how people perceive the experience.


Subtle elements of the design may not rise to conscious awareness but still have an effect on how people perceive the experience.

Right, the desk orientation may have subconsciously influenced people, for sure - I'm quite ok with that claim. But nobody knows if it did. Hell, it might have negatively influenced people for all anybody actually knows.




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