The Principles of Design

Digital Web Magazine says

We can group all of the basic tenets of design into two categories: principles and elements. For this article, the principles of design are the overarching truths of the profession. They represent the basic assumptions of the world that guide the design practice, and affect the arrangement of objects within a composition.

Horizontal
symmetry

Approximate
horizontal symmetry

Radial
symmetry

Asymmetry

 

 

Regular
rhythm

Flowing
rhythm

Progressive
rhythm