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Visual Harmony in Webdesign
One of the things that really struck me while at FOWD this week was the surprising lack of appreciation for white space, and visual harmony.
Where webdesign and art can overlap
There has been a lot of talk about how web design isn’t art. While I agree that it isn’t art at this moment, I don’t agree that it should stay that way.
At the very least, webdesigners need to understand the rules of art, at least in part, to make useable, beautiful designs. It just seems to me that a number of designers today either do not understand these foundational ideas, or don’t see any value in them.