A curated list of good design and experience principles.
Design Principles are a tool for creating better and more consistent designs and experiences. They are high level rules that guide detailed design decisions. They are often written down within bigger style guides, pattern libraries or design systems.
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Good introduction and best practices.
Inside article on how Asana developed their principles.
Short excerpt from Fundamental UI Design, an InVision e-course by Jane Portman.
Short introduction and practical guide on how to set design principles (with examples)
Lists professional design disciplines associated with built environment ventures and describes their roles (part of an open source project based learning challenge curricula).
Learn how design principles can be applied from architecture to product design.
"The biggest collection of Design Principles on the Internet."
Huge list with various types of more traditional design principles.
Long list with well explained principles by Joshua Porter
Long list with well explained principles by Joshua Porter
This list is heavily inspired by Awesome Design Systems by Alex Pate. As an UX designer I find myself writing design and/or experience principles quite often. I created this list for reference and to get inspiration for better design principles.