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UX Design: Elements And Elements Of Principles Of Design

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!!!What are Elements & of Principles of Design

A company has commissioned a __visual graphic designer__ and a __web user interface__ UX designer to help create their information web portal.

While the visual designer is pondering over the following:

*Making the web interface visually attractive
*Using the most radiant colors
*Attractive images
*How to introduce audio and video to the interface without straining the user

The UX designer on the other hand is looking at the following:

*Users being targeted
*Purpose of the web portal
*How the users should interact with the various features
*How the users should use the portal

With divergent views on how the user interface should look, though they both meant well, UX designer's suggestions would gain more priority since it is functionally sound when compared to the visual designer's thoughts. …show more content…

Any wonder why websites not too attractive still get more traffic than those overly well designed?

Drawing from this analogy, the visual designer here is the '~'elements of design'~', it is meant to be used as components in the design process while the UX designer, is the '~'principles of design'~' which defines how the components are put to use for a good user experience.

So what are the Elements of and Principles of Design?

!!Elements of Design (EoD)

__Elements of design__ are those components or parts of features which are used to create designs to enhance user experience. These are described below:

!Line

This refers to the outline used to create visible shapes, enclosed areas or demarcations and most times used to convey moods in user interface designs.

!Mark or Point

This is the smallest and simplest of all EoDs. It can be used to form patterns or delineated

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