How a UX designer used design thinking to improve a haunted house

Invision: "Turns out haunted houses and UX design have a ton in common. I’m obsessed with Halloween and design. When I was a kid, I built a haunted (and grass-killing) maze on my parents’ front lawn. I’m a UX designer now, but for side projects I design large-scale, frightening attractions.

Here’s what I’ve realized: UX design and haunted attraction design have a ton in common—both require creativity, observation of human behavior, and problem solving to design a product tailored to a particular audience.

Invision: "Turns out haunted houses and UX design have a ton in common. I’m obsessed with Halloween and design. When I was a kid, I built a haunted (and grass-killing) maze on my parents’ front lawn. I’m a UX designer now, but for side projects I design large-scale, frightening attractions.

Here’s what I’ve realized: UX design and haunted attraction design have a ton in common—both require creativity, observation of human behavior, and problem solving to design a product tailored to a particular audience.