visual-direction

To prevent UI drift and maintain UI consistency, you must lock a visual direction early by generating three distinct options, selecting one, and creating a banned-moves list to avoid generic elements in your design system.

A banned-moves list in UI design specifies generic elements to avoid, ensuring your design system maintains a consistent visual direction. You create it after selecting one of three distinct UI options.

You establish a consistent design system by generating three distinct visual directions, manually selecting one option, and creating a banned-moves list. This consolidates UI elements into a single reference document to prevent generic design.

Yes, the visual direction process requires manual selection. You must manually choose one of the three generated UI options and provide input to create the banned-moves list and design system document.

You should lock your UI's visual personality before starting UI development. Establishing a clear visual direction early prevents UI drift and ensures a consistent design system throughout the project lifecycle.