Part of a series on the basics of layout composition for an appealing UI. Colour is one of the most important elements of a design. Since vision is our most dominant sense, colour has an enormous impact on the feeling of a design.

Part of a series on the basics of composing layouts for an appealing UI. As visual creatures, humans are very sensitive to detecting the shapes of things we see. Interpreting shapes is one of the basic ways we navigate the world around us.

Part of a series on the basics of composing layouts to create appealing UI. Space is the basic element that designers work with. How we divide it up determines what we ultimately present to the user as our design.

Lines are fundamental to your layout’s composition. They connect points, divide space, create borders and shapes. Learn how to establish the visual structure and reinforce the conceptual design of an application with lines.