Gestalt Principles

Summary

Psychological principles describing how humans perceive groups of visual elements as unified wholes — proximity, similarity, closure, and continuity are the foundation of intuitive visual layout.

• 1Find a real UI example demonstrating each principle: proximity, similarity, closure, continuity.
• 2Critique a layout you find confusing through the lens of a violated Gestalt principle.
• 3Practice grouping related elements closer together in a simple layout exercise.