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The three-volume set LNCS 10918, 10919, and 10290 constitutes the proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Design, User Experience, and Usability, DUXU 2018, held as part of the 20th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2018, in Las Vegas, NV, USA in July 2018. The total of 1171 papers presented at the HCII 2018 conferences were carefully reviewed and selected from 4346 submissions. The papers cover the entire field of human-computer interaction, addressing major advances in knowledge and effective use of computers in a variety of applications areas.
The total of 165 contributions included in the DUXU proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in this three-volume set. The 55 papers included in this volume are organized in topical sections on design thinking, methods and practice, usability and user experience evaluation methods and tools, and DUXU in software development.

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Design thinking, methods and practice.- usability and user experience evaluation methods and tools.- DUXU in software development.- design, education and creativity.- GUI, visualization and image design.- multimodal DUXU, and mobile DUXU.- emotion, motivation, and persuasion design.- DUXU and children.- DUXU in automotive and transport.- DUXU in culture and art

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