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Additional Resources

Articles

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gestalt_psychology
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Composition_(visual_arts)
• http://blog.teamtreehouse.com/how-crap-is-your-site-design

Key Terms & Concepts

Gestalt Laws of Grouping

A set of psychological principles that explain how the brain perceives objects and patterns. They are Proximity, Similarity, Closure, Good Continuation, and Common Fate. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principles_of_grouping

Global elements

Interface elements that exist on every page template (or nearly every page) on a website, such as a header and footer.

Common elements

Interface elements that are commonly reused throughout a site.

Template-specific elements

Interface elements that aren’t shared across multiple page templates on a website.