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The Basic Elements of Design

The Basic Elements of Design

What makes up a design? Design can be very overwhelming to get into when all you look at are the fin...

The Principles of Design

The Principles of Design

[In my previous post](https://www.theblog.mghachem.com/the-elements-of-design), I stated the followi...

The Gestalt Principles of Design

The Gestalt Principles of Design

The human brain makes sense of the world through pattern and logic. The Gestalt Principles help us u...

Dieter Rams: 10 Principles for Good Design

Dieter Rams: 10 Principles for Good Design

Dieter Rams, born 1932 in Germany, is an industrial designer known for heading Braun's design team f...

An Introduction to Descriptive Drawing

An Introduction to Descriptive Drawing

As designers, we need to be able to draw in different manners. The two types of drawings designers t...

Exploring Hierarchy: Hierarchy as Revolution

Exploring Hierarchy: Hierarchy as Revolution

Some designers will call Hierarchy "Order". In reality, the names don't matter, but the ideas they c...

Bruce Mau: An Incomplete Manifesto for Growth

Bruce Mau: An Incomplete Manifesto for Growth

Bruce Mau is a Canadian graphic designer born in 1958. He was the creative director of Bruce Mau Des...

Design Elements and Pathfinding

Design Elements and Pathfinding

In this post, we're going to begin exploring the basic terms used when creating a composition. We wi...

Introduction to Typography

Introduction to Typography

Typography has always been an indispensable tool in the designer's toolkit. Picking the right typefa...

The Ten Usability Heuristics

The Ten Usability Heuristics

A designer's biggest challenge is figuring out if they are on the right path during the design proce...

The Visual Perception of Information

The Visual Perception of Information

It's crucial to understand how we, as humans, perceive and absorb the information in the world aroun...

The Visual Breakdown of Information

The Visual Breakdown of Information

We're going to talk about how we process visual information and interpret it. In other words, we're ...

Information Layout Affects Perception

Information Layout Affects Perception

# Information Layout Affects Perception The information that we are exposed to strongly affects how...

The Importance of Accessibility in UX: Designing for All Abilities

The Importance of Accessibility in UX: Designing for All Abilities

In today’s world, digital technology has made life more convenient for many individuals. However, na...