Design tip: let your design breathe!

Unless you're designing information-heavy UIs (like dashboards), you should let your interfaces breathe more.

<n>White Body Fan</n>, a 1972 performance piece by artist <n>Rebecca Horn</n>.

A view of the <n>Pyramid of Khafre</n> and the <n>Great Sphinx of Giza</n> in Egypt.

A time-lapse of the slime mold <n>Physarum polycephalum</n> from the <n>Wyss Institute at Harvard University</n>.

“Can you have this done by the end of the day?”

A scary question for some, especially if it comes from a manager, boss, or client.

There are three useful responses:

Design is hard.

Here are my favorite places on the internet for design inspiration:

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A still from the <n>Moomin</n> series, created by <n>Tove Jansson</n>.

"Goodbye, boring website."

Same layout, different taste.

Who's missing from the list?

A <n>Polar Bear</n> sleeps in a field of <n>Fireweed</n> in the Arctic. Photo by <n>Dennis Fast</n>.

10 beautifully designed, high-converting startup websites (light mode):

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An infographic titled <n>5 most famous laws in the world</n>, designed by <n>Sachin Ramje</n>.

Artwork by <n>Kevin McGloughlin</n> and <n>Páraic Mc Gloughlin</n>.