Unity
- measures how well design elements work together to create a consolidated design idea.
- As you start thinking about unity for use throughout your products, there are a few things that you can look for:
- How elements align with each other
- The first example highlights the alignment of videos and favorite artists, where videos are rectangles taking up the full width of the screen, and favorites are circles with different widths. Despite their different shapes, these elements align because they occupy a similar amount of space on the screen.
- The shape of elements
- the importance of element shape in creating unity. It emphasizes how the playlists boxes in the app have the same scale, proportion, and size, which contributes to a clean and organized design.
- Continuity within text elements
- how text elements, such as section headings and descriptions, contribute to the unity of the app's design.
- The headings and descriptions have the same font, font color, and alignment.
- Even when descriptions exceed the available space, they maintain the same font attributes and alignment, ensuring a cohesive flow within the app.
- refers to diversifying the elements in your design to break up monotony and create visual interest.
- you will likely work on some truly exciting projects, but you’ll also work on run-of-the-mill (some might even say boring!) products. In situations like that, it’s important that you understand how variety can improve the way users interact with your product.
- The Google Photos app features one solution for implementing variety into its design.
Applying variety to your mocks
- Part of becoming a successful UX designer is finding ways to keep users excited about your product.
- Even if that product isn’t very exciting! Applying some variety to your elements can go a long way towards keeping your users interested in the design you’ve created.