Presentation

Design Vision and Principles

The following style elements provide a palette to express your own unique vision while also being part of a shared community vision.

Use colors consistently. (Merge into existing [color] guidelines)
Ensure backgrounds and edges honor the design vision.
Icon use should be consistent throughout the interface. (Merge into existing [icon design] guidelines)
Layout visual elements to reduce clutter and ensure balance.
- Use appropriate size and spacing to create breathing room.
- Follow the alignment guidelines.
Treat typography with the same care as any other aspect of the visual design.
- Keep wording consistent and easy to understand.
- Take care about localization of your project.
- Do not apply capitalization except for titles and in case of sentence style.
- Apply standard control labels in your app.
- Use static text for main instruction and supplemental information.

Building blocks help make it easier to design applications that satisfy the design vision without needing to always create your own custom UI elements.

Try the mock-up toolkit to help with designing your application.
Ask for help and share your visual design ideas on the KDE Visual Design Group forum.