Category Archives: Gestalt Principles

What The Eye is Drawn To

This reading is exactly what I had hoped and expected to learn in this Web Publishing class.  In our careers, we may be asked to create a visually appealing website for a client. We are going to need to know … Continue reading

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Design is so Simple That’s Why it’s Complicated

By Gina Apperson I studied Gestalt Principles in my Digital Art class and my Digital Media Convergence class, but I think Andy Rutledge created a series that made the principles very memorable and inspiring. I enjoyed seeing the examples he … Continue reading

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Gestalt Principles

After reading Gestalt’s principles of web design, I’ve realized that more goes into designing a successful website than I had originally thought. I knew from taking Digital Media Convergence that certain design techniques, such as not having text too far … Continue reading

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Imagery: The Universal Language

Like many psychology-related areas of study, the power of the image puts fancy words, terms and explanations to a bunch of things we do subconsciously. Such as the term semiotics attributing symbolic meaning to an image such as the American … Continue reading

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Web Design or Psychology?

When I first began reading this article, I thought I had clicked the wrong link. But as I read more and more, I was enveloped. I had never thought that principles of every day life, like grouping things together by … Continue reading

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A World of Psychology In A World of Communications

Gestalt Principles of Perception brought me back to the days of senior year AP Psychology. I remembered Gestalt’s principles immediately, yet it was still interesting to refresh my memory of how the brain works. I have a passion for psychology … Continue reading

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