The Secret Design of Everyday Things: Why Shopping Carts, Airplane Windows, Seat Belts, and Hundreds of Other Objects Are Secretly Engineered to Influence You - Softcover

Shah, Himani

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798185556689

Publisher: Independently published, 2026

Synopsis

Why Shopping Carts, Airplane Windows, Seat Belts, and Hundreds of Other Objects Are Secretly Engineered to Influence You

DESCRIPTION
You've touched hundreds of designed objects today — and never once asked why they look the way they do.

Shopping carts, pizza boxes, airport signs, seat belts: engineered down to the smallest detail, yet completely invisible to the people who use them every single day.

The Secret Design of Everyday Things decodes 150+ ordinary objects using one simple, repeatable lens — Function, Psychology, Economics, Culture — that you'll master in a single chapter and use for the rest of your life.

Inside, you'll:

• Decode the hidden psychology behind pricing, packaging, and store layouts
• Learn the true stories behind airplane windows, ATM braille, and seat belts
• Spot manipulative "dark pattern" design before it influences your next purchase
• Build a permanent habit of noticing what everyone else walks past
• Get quizzes, checklists, and a bonus round of 20 more objects decoded

Finish this book and you'll never walk through a supermarket, airport, or hotel lobby the same way again.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798185556689
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 116