7 Rules That Every Designer Must know

7 RULES THAT EVERY DESIGNER MUST KNOW

1. CONSISTENCY AND STANDARD:
   When working on a project, you must use the same type of icons and fonts throughout a particular project. Make use of standard icons and generally accepted contents.
   If you are creating your own icons, then you should make sure they are of standard and maintain the use of it throughout the project.
   For instance if you choose to use font 16px for your headings and 12px for your paragraphs, you have to maintain those number through out that particular project.

2. COLOR SCHEME
   Your choice of color combination in a design should be based on logical combination of colors from the color wheel. An in depth knowledge of monochromatic or complementary colors should be known. For example the color purple and yellow are complementary to each other on the color wheel; thus they are perfect to be used together in a design.

3. SPACE MANAGEMENT:
   Spaces invokes imagination, when we see space in design, it allows us to imagine and roam free. It creates readability to the elements when gaps are created to ensure that the users can find and digest information presented more easily.
   Adequate use of the spaces on your design page should be utilized to avoid congestion of contents on a particular page.

4. VISUAL HIERARCHY:
   This is a design techniques whereby designers makes a particular section on a page to be viewed first.
   There are different characteristics used to achieve hierarchy in design: Size – Users notice larger elements more easily.
   Color – Bright colors typically attract more attention than muted ones.

5. READABILITY:
   Ability to manipulate contrast of the background and the text color to ensure that the texts are visible to the readers without straining the eyes.
   As a designer you make use of colors, fonts and thickness of text to achieve this.
   Note: Always have a text background when writing on an image.

6. SIMPLICITY AND MINIMALISM:
   Always focus on using the minimalist designs on a page. Less of contents is more. Avoid congestion of contents on a particular design page.
   Never add a lot of content in a page in the name of beautifying it. Utilize the least contents to ensure simplicity of your designs.

7. WHITE SPACE:
   These are areas on your design without contents. White spaces are the spaces between your images, texts and contents on a design page.
   One may refer to it as emptiness, and may be pushed to fill them up. But I tell you to always give room for white spaces in your design to help balance out the part with contents.