When it comes to web design, the F-pattern is the most natural way we read websites. ... Design examples are also analyzed from 30 companies including Dropbox, AirBnB, Marketo, Hulu, and Evernote.

How design can manipulate and coerce you into doing what websites want. ... This is an example of a dark pattern: design that manipulates or heavily influences users to make certain choices.

You can also take a peak at these 14 examples of illustrative web design. Story by Harrison Weber Harrison Weber is TNW's Features Editor in NYC.

Brignull has identified a dozen types of dark patterns like the roach motel, all of them listed on his website, at Darkpatterns.org. For example, there's the "sneak into basket," where a retailer ...