We’ve all encountered websites or other digital content that we immediately categorised as having “toxic designs.” But what really qualifies a design as “disordered”? And how can we, as designers, learn to recognise and avoid these mistakes?

The first step in learning how to produce better designs is to recognise what makes a design bad. The 3 most common instances of poor design are shown here, along with suggestions for fixing them.

1. The Design is Simply too Busy

In the beginning of the web, cluttered designs were frequently observed. Designers typically ignored the White House completely as they crammed as much information as they could into each web page.

The result has been sites that are difficult to browse, poorly constructed, and almost impossible to find what you’re looking for. While the crowded user interfaces of early 2000s design have (for the most part) faded, cluttered designs still exist.

Even while not every website needs to be minimalist with lots of space between each component, make sure you’re providing your design some breathing room. When possible, remove superfluous components to expose the vital components.

2. The Typographic Hierarchy is Poor

For content to be easily readable on the internet, there has to be a clear typographic hierarchy that makes it simple to distinguish between elements like headings and subheads, as well as body material and captions.

In order to differentiate between heading levels, body copy, and other text components, a good typographic hierarchy often uses one or two fonts in various sizes, weights, and styles.

Use shorter paragraphs, generous line heights, and break up key text into more manageable chunks by utilising things like bulleted lists to further increase readability in digital designs.

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3. Poor symmetry

Even if users aren’t immediately aware of it, improper component alignment might give a website a shoddy vibe. However, correcting your alignment is often not too difficult. Using a grid to place components inside your design is a simple, tried-and-true way to maintain alignment. Don’t forget to utilise a baseline grid as well.

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In a Nutshell

You can make a style guide for your designs is one of the greatest strategies to deal with discrepancies and avoid these bad design mistakes.

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