Gestalt Principles

Gestalt Principles

Similarity

• Similarity occurs when objects look similar to one another. People often perceive them as a group or pattern.

Continuation

• Continuation occurs when the eye is compelled to move through one object and continue to another object.

Closure

• Closure occurs when an object is incomplete or a space is not completely enclosed. If enough of the shape is indicated, people percieve the whole by filling in the missing infomation.

Proximity

• Proximity occurs when elements are placed close together. They tend to be perceived as a group.

Figure and Ground

• The eye differentiates an object form its surrounding area. a form, silhouette, or shape is naturrally perceived as figure (object), while the surrounding area is perceived as ground (background).

References:

• The Gestalt Principles - http://graphicdesign.spokanefalls.edu/tutorials/process/gestaltprinciples/gestaltprinc.htm
• Gestalt principles - Scholarpedia - http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/Gestalt_principles#Proximity_principle
• text - Should the description of a picture be above it or below? - User Experience Stack Exchange - http://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/50430/should-the-description-of-a-picture-be-above-it-or-below

See Also

• Fitts's Law

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