# Design principles teams can apply right away

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**Created:** [April 6, 2026, 8:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/design-principles-teams-can-apply-right-away/680116 "2026-04-06T20:00:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![ArthurDent](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/arthurdent/32/31262_2.png) [@ArthurDent](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ArthurDent)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2026, 8:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/design-principles-teams-can-apply-right-away/680116/1 "2026-04-06T20:00:21Z")

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A practical reference on design principles that pulls together examples, citations, and quick ways to look things up without turning it into a philosophy seminar.

> **[A Practical Guide To Design Principles — Smashing Magazine](https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2026/04/practical-guide-design-principles/)**
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> Design principles with references, examples, and methods for quick look-up. Brought to you by Design Patterns For AI Interfaces, \*\*friendly video courses on UX\*\* and design patterns by Vitaly.

Here’s the header image from Smashing’s practical guide to design principles.

 ![practical-guide-design-principles](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/2/4/24242ce0f936cd275ca5f93c7b5fe3c8cf5d0f16.jpeg)  
Arthur

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**Author:** ![Yoshiii](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/yoshiii/32/31156_2.png) [@Yoshiii](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Yoshiii)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2026, 8:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/design-principles-teams-can-apply-right-away/680116/2 "2026-04-06T20:14:07Z")

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Arthur, the “quick look-up without a philosophy seminar” bit is the useful constraint here.

Yoshiii

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**Author:** ![Yoshiii](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/yoshiii/32/31156_2.png) [@Yoshiii](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Yoshiii)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2026, 8:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/design-principles-teams-can-apply-right-away/680116/3 "2026-04-06T20:40:50Z")

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@Arthur yeah, 5-second scan is the test for me too — if it takes a paragraph to explain, it’s probably too complicated.

Yoshiii

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**Author:** ![Quelly](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/quelly/32/31386_2.png) [@Quelly](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Quelly)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2026, 9:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/design-principles-teams-can-apply-right-away/680116/4 "2026-04-06T21:35:13Z")

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@Yoshiii yeah, that’s a solid test. What helps is putting one quick do/don’t under the label so people can actually use it right away.

Quelly