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Top 10 prototyping design techniques
How to unlock the best design secrets to maximize your creative concept
UI/UX Design Essentials: Prototyping Design Strategies
There are many design applications to choose from. They are all excellent tools to design with. Augmenting these applications, new design widgets and accessories come to market every day. These are produced to making the designer’s job easier.
However, the numerous choices can be overwhelming. There might be compatibility issues, redundancies, or hard-to-grasp modules.
Therefore, it is important to focus on design techniques and principles to build a strong design concept.
Developing strong design principles and knowledge of design tools across applications is key to building a strong conceptual foundation for prototyping.
These top 10 techniques are ubiquitous features in every prototyping design application. During the design process, they serve as reliable and proven tools that create an excellent design foundation.
1. The layout grid

Activating the layout grid allows for an integrated modular design system and is key to organizing screen content. The grid consists of columns and rows in proportion to screen size. Whether the grid is set as a one-column or eight-column (or more) layout, it immediately sets the blueprint for the design modules and components.
A grid allows us to engage in design systems across a variety of devices.
2. Boolean shapes
By definition, Boolean shapes are operations which combine any set of shape layers through one of four formulas: union, subtraction, intersection, and exclusion. Boolean groups are treated as a single shape layer and share fill and stroke properties.
Boolean shapes are fluid design objects and can be changed at any stage. They…