Complementary 52: Visual Design Techniques We Love
Feb 16, 2025
In a lighthearted celebration of design and creativity, the hosts share their top visual design techniques. They discuss enhancing icons with colorful backgrounds and focus outlines for better user experience. Unique cursor designs are explored, showcasing how they can boost engagement. The importance of structure in web design is emphasized with examples of effective layouts. They also dive into innovative color transitions and 'chonky' design choices that enhance visibility. Throughout, they humorously reflect on their own design challenges.
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Colored Shape Backgrounds for Icons
- Use colored background shapes behind icons to add character and fit your visual style.
- This approach helps unify icons of different sizes and styles effectively.
Design Strong Custom Focus Outlines
- Design strong, custom focus outlines like offset solid borders instead of disabling browser defaults.
- Good focus styles improve usability and offer an opportunity for creative visual design.
Visible Structure Enhances Layout
- Visible structure with faint lines showing layout grids adds order and polish to websites.
- It only works well when all page elements align perfectly with the visible grid.