Having a bold visual style (expressive aesthetics, eye-catching imagery, saturated colours, high contrast) sounds cool, but, it might be harder to pull it off than you think.
A couple of issues with those:
- it's hard to direct user's attention when there are too many bold elements
- coherence is harder with bold elements
- if bold elements don't work with consistency, try subtle ones
- bold visual styles make people uncomfortable
Full article by Anthony Hobday
https://www.anthonyhobday.com/blog/20240214.html
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