Which design principle helps to organize elements and create a relationship between those elements in the viewer's mind space scale proximity contrast?
Jessica Young
Updated on January 06, 2026
Alignment is one of the most basic and important principles of design. It helps unify the elements on a page by creating a visual connection between them. Even if those elements aren't in close proximity to one another, when aligned an invisible line is created (both in your eye and in your mind) which connects them.