The Basic Principle of design

Mecha Samuel
2 min readJul 30, 2020

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A design like every other thing done on earth has principles, to produce or create an amazing design you have to follow these principles.

The principles include line, color, shapes, typography, etc

1 Lines:

this is the distance between two points line, it can be used to create emphasis or show alignment, it could be straight, curved or dotted.

types of lines

2 Color

color is part of the important part of the design, it speaks so much or so little of how professional a designer is. To choose colors for your design you can use the complementary color, monochromatic, triadic, tetradic. These colors have different meanings they convey and the emotions.

Colors

3 Shapes

a shape can be regular or irregular, it can be curved, rounded, or soft. Shapes play a major role in designing as it can be used for emphasis.

Geometric Shapes

4 Typography

Typography is an art of arranging letters or text in a way to make them readable, is so important in design, in fact, you can't be a good designer if you do not understand the concept of typography

Typography involves font, style, structure, and appearance, typography describes or conveys emotion. your design will not be complete without good typography.

Typography

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Mecha Samuel

Product designer who loves building amazing and simplified user experience for product growth