Creating Margin

How Downtime Enriches Your Life

Whenever you read, view a presentation, or look at art, you are affected by its design.  Color, texture, balance, and the subject itself are design elements that affect your experience.  Often-overlooked, and equally important, is the use of “white space” or margin.

Photo Credit © Robertas P'as/Thinkstock

Photo Credit © Robertas P'as/Thinkstock

What is margin?  What does it do?  Why is it so important?  And what does it have to do with your life?