Visual design pop quiz

I often discuss the topic of improving visual design skills with junior and mid-level designers. While there are a number of design principles the designers should learn and practice, one important skill that is not often considered and deliberately practiced is the ability to spot visual problems within a design. Over time, “an eye for detail” can certainly be acquired over time with UI challenges and design projects but the earlier a designer can develop the ability to catch common visual design mistakes, the sooner it is for the designer to level up his or her visual design quality.

For this article, I put together a small list of questions with the intention to draw some awareness on the topic of training an eye for visual details. Below are seven questions that represent a sample of the most common visual mistakes I encountered over the years.

These questions are not very difficult especially for more seasoned designers. Hopefully, this will be a fun activity to jog your mind a bit or warm-up your focus. Note that the answer and explanation are listed at the bottom of this post. Without further ado, let’s get started with the quiz.

Question #1

Let’s start with a warm-up. Which button text is not visually aligned?

The answer is listed at the bottom of the post.

Question #2