Recently I picked up an old design book that I hadn't touched in a while, and it reminded me of a design principle that many of us put into practice probably only subconsciously, if at all. The book deals with designing for print, but I thought it would make a great topic to discuss in the context of web design. The principle of proximity calls for related items to be grouped visually, creating le
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