Drop shadows in Power BI might look stylish, but they often hurt clarity, accessibility, and UX. Here’s why—and the simple design tweaks that work better.

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Dark mode in Power BI is sleek and trendy, but is it right for your audience? Dark mode can reduce glare in low-light settings and make colors pop, but it also risks poor readability, low contrast, and eye strain if not designed carefully. Accessibility guidelines like WCAG require a 4.5:1 contrast ratio for small text, which can be harder to achieve on dark backgrounds. In this guide, you’ll learn the pros and cons of Power BI dark mode, when it makes sense, and how to make

Custom fonts in Power BI can take your reports from “meh” to memorable. They add polish, personality, and branding—but only if you know how to use them without breaking your design.

To highlight key information in Power BI dashboards, use pre-attentive attributes—visual cues our brains notice instantly, like color, size, and position. When applied well, they make your most important metrics impossible to miss. This guide introduces the “Pink Elephant Principle,” a fun, memorable way to think about emphasis in report design. You’ll learn when to use bold colors, larger text, strategic placement, and unique shapes to guide your audience’s attention.

Just like Pixar’s Inside Out takes us through Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear, and Disgust, data designers ride the same emotional rollercoaster in our day-to-day work. Here’s a funny (and surprisingly useful) guide to managing those highs and lows.

Ever received feedback from a client that there's too much unused space in the report you created? And their suggestion: why not just...