Design Principles

by Reece Corral

White Space



Preview of Robinhood's website

Visual Hierarchy



Preview of Busuu's website

Contrast



Preview of Shopify's website

Design



The first website included on this page is by the company Robinhood Markets, Inc.(Robinhood). Specifically, I am refering to the excellent use of white space on their "about us". They did an excellent job of not overloading the user with too much information when they firs land on the page, which can be crucial for user understanding


The second website I found is a perfect example of effective visual hierarchy. The website/businesses name is Busuu Online S.L. (Busuu). When using the main learning site, it becomes very apparent what links, images, and tabs have priority.


The last website I wanted to mention was Shopify Inc. (Shopify) for their use of contrast. It is not the starkest example of contrast among websites, but it is both easy to view and not distracting in any way. There is a lot to be said about efficiently using contrast and not sidetracking a potential user.


If you want your websites to be both appealing and easy to navigate, than I would strongly recommend visiting other websites and viewing their design from a critical perspective. Check their source code, if you can, and enjoy the process of building a website.