Design, behaviour change and the Design with Intent toolkit

Design for behaviour change involves a multidisciplinary perspective, drawing on insights around human action from multiple fields, and making them relevant to designers. This chapter explores some considerations which build on these multi- and cross-disciplinary concepts, and introduces the Design with Intent toolkit, a design pattern collection which aims to facilitate exploration of problem-solution spaces in ‘behaviour change’ contexts, with a brief case study of its application in idea generation in an educational setting. The chapter concludes with a discussion of models and assumptions in design and behaviour, and the need for further consideration of and reflection on these assumptions.