Technique | Proportional Design

09/12/2009 - 9:00 pm By Richard Darell

There are many ways you can conceptualize an idea. To design if you will. One particular way is to do it the mathematical way. There’s a technique called “Proportional Design” that is based on…yup you guessed it…proportions. It delivers a clean and quite interesting result that really pleases the eye and the brain at the same time. Somehow us humans enjoy proportional things. Be it being design, humans or any other thing that catches the eye. If it’s good or bad is another question. Usually we all work like it even though we want to.

But I know some of you are going to disagree, and with all right. However, proportion is proportional for all of us and is not the same for us all. Some think certain things are just the perfect proportions while others think the total opposite is the norm. Really, you should compare your mind with someone else and you will rapidly know what I am talking about. Don’t we all love math?! I know I do…guess in the right proportion though…

Author: Richard Darell

Known as a leader in social media, Richard shares his extensive knowledge of cutting edge design with designers and developers all over the world. Richard founded Bit Rebels in 2009, and currently the site welcomes over one million visitors each month. Minervity.com, another one of Richard's very successful sites, is known as the go-to place for design tutorials and information on the latest techniques. Richard's creativity has also led him to a very long and successful career in music as a song writer and producer for International artists. Richard hails from Stockholm, Sweden but also spends time in Los Angeles. Follow Richard on Twitter: @Minervity

4 Comments

Elena

September 27th, 2009

I just wanted to say it’s like you were making a complex task look so simple. They always say that the ones who do it well make it look that way. I loved the song as well.

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@hannibal666

February 2nd, 2010

One crooked thumb up.

Proportional design is a way better approach than just slapping things down and figuring out what works from there. Like how noobs do it.

There can be additional constraints that proportionality has to be considered within. For example, if we are talking about web page layouts, those layouts have to account for how people tend to view content, business priorities, etc.

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