What will be covered

o Grouping laws

o Visual completion

o Layering

o Application to visual design

Presentation [notes]

Essays [Alpha] [Bravo] [Charlie]

Readings

Ware, ch 6, section: Intro

Ware, ch 6, section: Gestalt Laws

Ware, ch 6, section: Perception of Transparency: Overlapping Data

Tufte, Envisioning Information, ch. 3 [pdf]

Chang et al. (2002). Gestalt Theory in Visual Screen Design. [pdf]

Palmer, ch. 6

Kamba et al (1996). Using small-screen space more efficiently. [pdf]

Mullet & Sano, Designing Visual Interfaces, pp 76-129 [pdf]