Over the past 4 years I’ve come up with my own idea of what works in terms of design. I came across this post on Bokardo.com’s blog.

His premise is that Art and design are two different things and that a designer should know the difference. I agree completely and I have to say that the 5 principles of design as he puts it mimic my own thoughts on the subject.

I can’t claim to always abide by this rule myself because when you get caught up in a project you stray from your ideals for different reasons. In a lot of cases you forget about them for a while but when you do apply this one, I think you end up with the best solution for the end user and that’s the most important thing.

“A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.”