Bento grids

Why it reads as slop

Rounded tiles of varying spans look organised while hiding that nothing was prioritised. The grid becomes the content.

Heuristic

A dense grid of rounded tiles with mixed row/column spans and decorative fills.

Antidotes

• Editorial layout: one lead element, supporting rows beneathpractice
• A modular grid whose spans follow content priority, not decorationpractice
• A table when the content is actually tabularpractice