minimalism Articles & Videos

  • Tesler’s Law: Shift Complexity to Simplify UX

    Understand how Tesler’s Law impacts user experience, and how UX teams can design simpler, smarter digital products.

  • Content Dispersion: The Downside of Mobile-first Design

    Content dispersion occurs when the content of a responsive webpage appears overly large and stretched out on large laptop or desktop screens. What negative affects can it create?

  • Clutter-Free Charts

    Clear out chartjunk (unnecessary visual elements) for a more minimalist and understandable data visualization.

  • Alternatives to Low-Contrast Text

    If the foreground color (the actual words) is too similar to the background color, legibility suffers, and users can't read your copy. Simple tweaks make websites much easier to read.

  • Choice Overload Impedes User Decision-Making

    Too many offerings (e.g., products or services) on a website make it harder for users to make a decision due to analysis paralysis. Alternatively, too many options can also cause users to hastily make a decision and later regret their choice due to buyer's remorse.

  • Usability Heuristic 8: Aesthetic and Minimalist Design

    No. 8 of the top 10 UX design heuristics is to remove unnecessary elements from the user interface and to maximize the signal-to-noise ratio of the design.

  • Making Flat Design Usable

    The hazards of flat design and 5 key UX guidelines for making flat design usable.