User experience design as a method for applying Design for sustainable behavior in view of the Digital revolution

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Faculty of Applied Art - Banha University

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There is no doubt that the digital revolution has brought about a major breakthrough in all aspects of life, especially the products that we deal with during our practice of our daily life, in all fields, as many of them have turned into digital and software products, which led to a change in their specifications, which necessitated the development of Methodologies, methods and techniques for designing and producing them to suit these new specifications.
Despite the multiple forms and types of products in the era of the digital revolution, they all aim to serve the human being and meet his various daily needs, and that is the role of the designer in the first place, which not only changes in its content, but also changes in the way it is performed and in the tools it uses. Where the user became the first concern with the design process, followed by the function that was the basis in the design process previously. We see this clearly in the "user experience design" process, which has become one of the most important design methodologies currently used, and aims to achieve a successful and enjoyable user experience while using the product.
Given the global trend to keep the environment clean and safe, new design strategies have emerged that target the sustainability of products and materials and their longevity. One of which is sustainable design, and one of its most important tools is the "Design for sustainable behavior" process, which aims to ensure the longevity of the product's life by guiding the user's behavior in safe direction while using the product.
Since both the “user experience design” process and the “design for sustainable behavior” process consider the user to be the core of the design, the research aimed to find an interactive relationship between them in order to achieve a successful and enjoyable user experience characterized by a sustainable behavior by the user throughout the period of use of the product.
The research followed the inferential method, where it reached a methodology for applying the "user experience design" process by activating the "design for sustainable behavior" strategies during its stages. This is in pursuit of a successful, enjoyable and sustainable product.

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