design principles

These are posts that emphasize John LeMasney’s understanding and appreciation of the tenets and principles of design.


8 of 365 - Area alignment design principle by John LeMasney via lemasney.com
The design principle of area alignment says that when you have a series of objects to be aligned that do not have regular shapes, that it is more aesthetically pleasing to centrally align them according to their area and weight than by central alignment of the bounding boxes.

The design principle of area alignment