From the course: Interaction Design for the Web
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How we group the things we see
From the course: Interaction Design for the Web
How we group the things we see
- Let's do a little visual exercise. What do you see on the screen? Most people say they see three pairs of lines with a spare line on the right. Now what do you see on the screen here? Most people say they see three boxes with a half box on the left. The position of the vertical lines didn't change, but the spare piece moved from the right side to the left side. Why is that? It's time to talk about the Gestalt principles of grouping and closure. The word Gestalt means shape or form in German. And this is the story about how some German psychologists told us all we need to know about UI design in the year 1900. Well, not entirely, but the Gestalt psychologists did describe a lot of the ways our brains tend to deal with the stuff we see. We'll cover three common ones here. The Gestalt principle of proximity says that objects close to each other are perceived as forming a group. So, the left image is seen as two vertical groups, whereas the right image is seen as two horizontal groups…
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