Why do we focus on "leaving White" in design?

A good case for white--but there's a little bit of decorating--layervault's personal website. In essence, the white area is "unused area", although the white area does not appear to be used, but in fact the role of the white area is quite large, giving the design breathing space, providing a balance of the layout. The surrounding and foil of the white area, which is good to foil the performance of the central region.

Why should we pay attention to leaving white?

If you are browsing the site, when the layout is too bad, you will be very laborious to determine the content of the information, too tight word spacing, paragraph spacing, there is no obvious distinction between partition (or there is not enough white space), then the user experience of this site is certainly very poor.

MailChimp's use of white leaves is very quick, highlighting the brand information. Similarly, if your site is so "tight", there is not enough "leave white", then users will lose patience with the site, although to do a good site requires talent, time and knowledge, but do not forget that the user is very picky, the site does a good job, generally will not praise you, the site once there is a problem, immediately accused you. We should regard white as the most important means of layout, more to the element point breathing space, so that the level of information will be more clear, user guidance results are better.

The benefits of leaving the white area

As mentioned above, the more balanced layout, the clearer presentation effect of elements, the more attractive to users.

Dan Edwards's personal website uses a lot of white space, leaving plenty of room for fonts and design works. Maintain a sense of level, white area can be a good guide to users, if the element is too much, then the user's attention will be dispersed. White-keeping allows users to quickly find the information needed to improve the user experience.

How to use white in design?

After knowing the importance, the next thing to do is to learn to do it.

KISS principle (Keep It simple, stupid)

In fact, I like to call the Kis principle, I hate the word stupid (stupid)! But keeping everything concise is the timeless truth of design, and there is no need to fill it completely. In some cases, "incomplete is complete, incomplete is perfect." "The designer's task is to use (layout, white, color, size, font) to create a visual focus, to attract users ' attention."

Design to do a little more concise, not only designers relaxed, developers are also relaxed, of course, users can easily browse. Remove unnecessary, unimportant elements, leaving only the necessary elements.

And do not keep white for the sake of white, pay attention to the relationship between design elements. If the use of white is good, not only to maintain contact, consistency, but also to make the design easy to understand, thereby improving the applicability of the Web page.

Squarespace used material, color, white, font to create a kind of pure taste