Use white space wisely in your dashboard design as it is very powerful to deliver a dashboard that shines thanks to its excellent user experience.
In music, pauses are very powerful. The same is valid for talking. The same is valid for visual design. Always, always, always use enough white space on a dashboard between the different elements. As a result, the eyes of the viewer find enough places to rest. This is key. The pause of visual input allows our brain to have time to process what they just focused on. You sometimes close your eyes to focus, right? That is exactly the same story.
And that’s only half of the story. If you use white space wisely in your dashboard design you also provide structure. Well-structured content makes everyone happy. The viewer intuitively assumes that elements closer to each other have more in common than elements with more white space in between. As a result, a well-structured dashboard increases the readability and the joy of use.
