Somehow, I’ve instinctively known that the most important element in design is the relationship between objects in their size and form. That’s a good thing because a designer needs to have a real ...

Make your space feel balanced and cohesive with this expert advice. Sometimes when you're decorating, things just feel off. Even when your furniture and artwork are perfect, all of the room's colors ...

Proportion also describes how the sizes of different parts of a piece of art or design relate to each other. The proportions of a composition will affect how pleasing it looks and can be used to draw ...

When something in a room looks off, but it’s hard to express why, the reason is likely related to a misuse or omission of the principles of design. These are the tools to determine why a room is ...

Scale is a design principle closely related to proportion. While proportion deals with the relationship between parts of the composition, scale refers to the size of something, in relation to some ...

Sometimes when you're decorating, things just feel off. Even when your furniture and artwork are perfect, all of the room's colors coordinate, and the decor pieces are carefully curated, a room can ...