Psychology + design: Gestalt principles you can use as design solutions

Riel M
UX Collective
Published in
8 min readMar 19, 2018

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I have always believed that Psychology and Design comprise User Experience. Our profession entails empathy whenever we deal with human needs that our goal is to solve. And as I continue to dive deep into where Psychology comes in in the picture of Design, I then stumbled upon Gestalt Principles.

So, what is a Gestalt Principle?

Gestalt psychology is a school of thought that looks at the human mind and behavior as a whole. When trying to make sense of the world…

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