Theory for Designing Experiences

Updated: June 4, 2026 4:29 PM EDT

Interaction: Semiotics

Interaction: Semiotics

The moment-by-moment interaction between people and designed outcomes.

Meaning-Making: Self Determination Theory

Peoples’ worldviews and self-concepts shape the ways they make meaning in different situations.

Motivation: Theory of Planned Behavior

People during goal-directed activities.

Setting: Soft Systems Methodology

Setting: Soft Systems Methodology

External factors that can affect people and design actors in experience design scenes.