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Here’s a little innovation hack: Romanticize everything

What if the magic you’re searching for isn’t in designing extraordinary moments? Here’s the secret to finding it.

Himanshu Bharadwaj
UX Collective
9 min readDec 13, 2024

Here’s a little design hack: Romanticize everything. What if the magic you’re searching for isn’t in the extraordinary moments? Here’s the secret to finding it.
Illustration by Caitlin-Marie Miner Ong

Before you begin reading, please pause for a moment.

Breathe in slowly. Feel the weight of your phone and the texture of the screen under your fingertips. Notice the rhythm of your breath, soft and steady. This isn’t just another thing to read. It’s something to experience. Cutting-edge neuroscience techniques like sculpting, multi-sensory approaches, and others inspire my design practice. I hope it will influence and change how you look at brand, marketing, or product ‘experience.’ It might change how you write UX copy that is no longer just functional. Every button, every headline, and every micro-interaction can become an opportunity to delight, connect, and make someone feel truly seen. It’s not just about clarity anymore. It’s about humanity. It's the kind of copy that doesn’t just guide users but invites them to stay, linger, and fall in love with every click and scroll.

Science says your brain loves novelty, releasing dopamine — the “feel-good” neurotransmitter when encountering new stimuli. This dopamine surge enhances pleasure and motivates us to explore and learn. It craves the little sparks of wonder…

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Written by Himanshu Bharadwaj

Product Innovation and Joyful Design Thinking leader, NY. USA. joyful.design

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What are your thoughts?

I will come back to his masterpiece time and again to rewire my brain. Such goodness.
“When you accept what is, every moment is the best moment. That is enlightenment"- Echkart Tolle

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the defiant curve of a flower growing through a crack in the pavement

I'm always in awe looking at them

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because imperfect is just another word for interesting.

love it

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