Emotional Design

, , — Rebecca Cottrell on February 6, 2010 at 6:47 pm

These bins have started appearing all over the Bloomsbury campus at University College London:

Litter bin

It’s a great example of emotional design. While there is usually a convenient displacement when you toss something into the bin, these bins remind you where the rubbish ends up. Emotional reactions to this idea — disgust, guilt, horror, etc — prompt you to put your litter in the recycling compartment.

© Rebecca Cottrell 2007–2010