Anime vs. Marvel/DC: Designing Digital Products With Emotion In Flow

hello@smashingmagazine.com (Alan Cohen)
2026-03-17T10:00:00.000Z

Design is about pacing and feelings as much as pixels and patterns. Alan Cohen explores Emotion in Flow and Emotion in Conflict, showing how anime like Dan Da Dan and superhero films like James Gunn’s Superman manage emotional shifts and translating those ideas into practical patterns for product design.