5th Sept 2025
Design Smarter in Looker Studio: Freeform vs Responsive Structure
Sakina FurniturewalaEver spent hours perfecting a dashboard on your big screen, only to open it on your phone and think, “What happened here?” We’ve all been there. For years, Looker Studio gave us a blank canvas and said, “Go wild.” And oh, we did. Overlapping visuals, pixel-perfect alignments, and branded masterpieces, we loved the creative freedom. But here’s the catch: what looks like art on a 15-inch monitor often turns into a puzzle of tiny, unreadable charts on smaller screens. To solve this, Looker Studio introduced two powerful layout modes: Freeform Layout and Responsive Layout. Both are excellent, but they shine in different scenarios. The real skill is knowing when to use which.