Law of the Hammer in UX Design

Also known as the law of the instrument, Maslow’s hammer, or the golden hammer. Was created by Abraham Maslow in 1966. This is a cognitive bias that represents the effect of over-reliance on a familiar tool. The examples of the law of the hammer can be met at any point in the design process where the designers tend to try to solve a problem using the same tool or sets of tools over and over again. In a sense, it can be treated as an opposite side of consistency.