The principles of design are often learned following the elements of art. While the elements are building blocks, the principles of design are used to arrange those elements ...

Ryan Boudreaux reviews the design principle of alignment with some samples and tools. Alignment is the third part of the series on “Effective design principles for web designers.” The first two ...

This article was co-published with Source. While the tools and techniques to present large datasets in graphics and news apps may differ from project to project, the basic design principles stay ...

In our final discussion regarding the Principles of Design, let us turn to unity and variety first and to contrast second. When we talk about unity in art, we are talking about the same concept that ...

Contrast is where two or more elements that have opposite characteristics are placed together. It is not as simple as black versus white or solid shapes versus fine lines or even the combination of ...