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Overview

Objects that are near, or proximate to each other, tend to be grouped together.

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Key Takeaways

  1. Proximity helps to establish a relationship with nearby objects.
  2. Proximity helps users understand and organize information faster and more efficiently.

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Origins

The principles of grouping (or Gestalt laws of grouping) are a set of principles in psychology, first proposed by Gestalt psychologists to account for the observation that humans naturally perceive objects as organized patterns and objects, a principle known as Prägnanz. Gestalt psychologists argued that these principles exist because the mind has an innate disposition to perceive patterns in the stimulus based on certain rules. These principles are organized into five categories: Proximity, Similarity, Continuity, Closure, and Connectedness.

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Further Reading

  1. Laws of Proximity, Uniform Connectedness, and Continuation

    Mads Soegaard | Interation Design Foundation

  2. The Psychology Principles Every UI/UX Designer Needs to Know

    Thanasis Rigopoulos | Marvel

  3. Design Principles: Visual Perception And The Principles Of Gestalt

    Steven Bradley | Smashing Magazine