PSYCHEDELIC APPROACHES OFFERING USER EXPERIENCE IN DIGITAL DESIGN

Abstract

Do web pages that offer user experience really affect the user’s desire for spiritual and psychological development? Web pages like hallucinogens that allow the mind and soul to manifest can do this. Psychedelic art is the catalyst for digital design, just as dreams fuel the imagination. Digital design is inspired by psychedelic art to alter the linear continuity of consciousness. While using the possibilities of technology, design also makes use of the psychedelic connotations of art. Common visual elements of websites that offer user experience; spiral patterns, bright colors, modern flowing typographic elements and detailed fantastic subjects. Visual hallucinations presented to the users of these pages are like a “digital psychedelic drug” that targets complex emotions. In this direction, firstly, the basic structure of consciousness and mind and the effects of psychedelics were discussed in the research. Second, the features of psychedelic art developed with the use of psychedelics and its effects on design are emphasized. Finally, the design features of web pages that change the state of mind and create and virtual reality are examined. This study, which includes three different website reviews providing user experience, discusses the psychedelic experiential aspect of web pages used today. The findings show that designs of this nature have intuitive similarities with psychedelic visual hallucinations.