Why are cute objects so seductive?

Fluffy unicorns and candy: how cute design affects our brain.

Laura Sabau Tatar
UX Collective
Published in
8 min readSep 15, 2023

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A cute, pink unicorn
Photo by David Vilches on Unsplash

I spend hours staring at pink, fluffy, miniature stuff on the shelves. Do they impact my happiness hormones? Definitely. But cute objects are more than simple toys; they are a successful, global phenomenon.

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