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Design
Principles

An open source collection of Design Principles and methods.

The collection contains:

197

Examples

1457

Design Principles

169

Creators

What are Design Principles?

Design Principles are a set of guidelines that empower a team to make wise decisions and appropriate trade-offs when designing, building and innovating.

Why use them?

Applying design principles fosters a cohesive problem-solving approach, promoting efficiency, consistency and user-centricity.

Who uses them?

Organisations, individuals, design system and product teams have benefited from writing and following their principles.
Here are a few examples:

10 Principles of Good Road Design

Highways England Strategic Design Panel

Airbnb's Design Principles

Airbnb

Principles

Co-op

Design in the Era of the Algorithm

Josh Clark

NHS Design Principles

NHS

Principles of Calm Technology

Amber Case

Principles of Design

Tim Berners Lee

The Ten Principles of Inclusive Web Design

Sandi Wassmer

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