Principles of Design
The principles of design suggest effective and pleasing ways to arrange text and graphics on the page as well as the arrangement of individual elements within illustration, logos, and the overall graphic design of a document. Generally, all the principles of design apply to any piece you may create. How you apply those principles of design determines how effective your design is in conveying the desired message and how attractive it appears.
There is seldom only one correct way to apply each of these graphic design principles. Not all sources agree on which are the most important graphic design principles although alignment, balance, consistency, contrast, proximity, and white space are the most widely recognized principles of design.
There is seldom only one correct way to apply each of these graphic design principles. Not all sources agree on which are the most important graphic design principles although alignment, balance, consistency, contrast, proximity, and white space are the most widely recognized principles of design.