To celebrate the 5th anniversary of my super-popular UI & UX Micro-Tips, I’ve brought together some of the most timeless tips, and bundled them in an 8-Bit format. Why? Just because :)

1. Whitespace is your design friend. Use it to improve your UIs instantly.
2. Choose a base colour, and then simply use tints & shades to add uniformity.
3. Reserve one colour for your Call to Action. Be really selfish with those CTAs.
4. Give the most important elements on the screen more prominence.
5. Present your icons with labels for easier comprehension.
6. To improve the optical balance of your headings, reduce the letter-spacing.
7. Make sure your shadows are coming from one light source. We don’t live in a land of a thousand suns remember.
8. When working with long-form content, style that opening paragraph to draw the user in.