Learn these 10 design principles to take your dashboards to the next level

Dashboard Design Guidelines not only for beginners

First of all, I have to disappoint you, there is no such thing as the perfect dashboard. With that out of the way, let me help you create a well-designed dashboard then.

10 Dashboard Design Principles

There are many types of dashboards based on role, type of displayed data, data area, data span, or even interactivity, but all of them have to follow these 10 rules.

1 | Consider how people read

Dashboards often need to present a large amount of information in a limited amount of space. The design should be intuitive and allow easy comparison — everything needs to be visible at a glance and properly allocated.

Make sure that the whole dashboard fits on a single screen.

The information must be entirely available at a glance, otherwise, it makes it harder for users to process. Jumping back and forth engages more mental resources because it requires not only looking at something on the screen (visual load) but also remembering and doing mental calculations (cognitive load). So unless the dashboard is designed for…