Gestalt Theory is the theory of visual perception and how our brain pieces together reality. The theory sheds light on how cognition…

The 7 Gestalt principles help guide designers when creating visuals. Learn more about the Gestalt theory and how to use them to enhance visual experiences.

We cover five of important Gestalt principles - proximity, similarity, continuation, symmetry and closure - and show how these can be used in web design.

When the elements are arranged in an orderly manner, the intelligent use of spaces draws our eye to the most noticeable space –be it positive or negative. As much as the positive space seems to dominate the negative counterpart, both are used in equilibrium to tell a harmonious, coherent, and a seamlessly complete story. But what kind of story do spaces tell in web design?

You will cover Gestalt principles, Gestalt psychology, Gestalt laws and visual perception, which are all crucial in making or breaking your designs.

Guidelines, methods, resources and tools proposed by the Orange skill center for digital accessibility

Baselining the purpose of experience …

A guide to design for the brain with intention and results.

Design systems are a crucial success factor for digital businesses, and virtually every major player works with one. Still, they can sometimes be hard to sell to management. Here’s a ready-to-use formula to calculate the ROI of any design system.

Adding spatial affordances to the experience of browsing the web

Lessons learned from bootstrapping a small design system from scratch

Visually, components are unique, flexible units to compose complete layouts. For content, they can trap reusable data into single-use decorations.

by Callum Kilby | Sainsbury’s Experience Design

When I encounter inexperienced designers, there’s one thing that always sticks out about the way they think. Or more specifically, the way they don’t think. They don’t think of every design project…

As interaction designers on Red Hat's User Experience (UX) Design and Ansible product teams, we worked for about six months to build a logo family with the Ansible community. This journey started even earlier when a project manager asked us for a "quick and easy" logo for a slide deck. After gathering a few requirements, we presented a logo to the stakeholders within a few days and without much need for iteration. A few months later, another stakeholder decided they would also benefit from having imagery for their materials, so we repeated the process.

by Kitty Giraudel