{"id":6750,"date":"2014-01-15T08:52:31","date_gmt":"2014-01-15T13:52:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/?p=6750"},"modified":"2020-07-11T13:39:07","modified_gmt":"2020-07-11T17:39:07","slug":"15-365-closure-design-principle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2014\/01\/15\/15-365-closure-design-principle\/","title":{"rendered":"15 of 365: Closure #design #principle"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_6751\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/15-of-365-Closure-design-principle.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6751\" data-attachment-id=\"6751\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2014\/01\/15\/15-365-closure-design-principle\/15-of-365-closure-design-principle\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/15-of-365-Closure-design-principle.png?fit=1000%2C667&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,667\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"15 of 365 &amp;#8211; Closure design principle by John LeMasney via lemasney.com\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;15 of 365 &amp;#8211; Closure design principle by John LeMasney via lemasney.com&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;15 of 365 &amp;#8211; Closure design principle by John LeMasney via lemasney.com&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/15-of-365-Closure-design-principle.png?fit=1000%2C667&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6751\" alt=\"15 of 365 - Closure design principle by John LeMasney via lemasney.com\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/15-of-365-Closure-design-principle.png?resize=1000%2C667&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/15-of-365-Closure-design-principle.png?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/15-of-365-Closure-design-principle.png?resize=500%2C333&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6751\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">15 of 365 &#8211; Closure design principle by John LeMasney via lemasney.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Closure is part of a set of design principles called the Gestalt principles of perception. Closure says that when we see a set of individual elements, we tend to put them together as a set in our mind. Humans fill in missing information to try to solve each shape as part of a set with collective meaning.<\/p>\n<p>In this illustration, I took the image of a rabbit, and broke it down into a series of lines. By using the viewer&#8217;s innate ability to resolve missing parts, it makes the image of the rabbit simpler, design wise, and more interesting aesthetically.<\/p>\n<h6 class=\"zemanta-related-title\" style=\"font-size: 1em;\">Related articles<\/h6>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul zemanta-article-ul-image\" style=\"margin: 0; padding: 0; overflow: hidden;\">\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\" style=\"padding: 0; background: none; list-style: none; display: block; float: left; vertical-align: top; text-align: left; width: 84px; font-size: 11px; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px;\">Andy Rutledge &#8211; Gestalt Principles of Perception &#8211; 1: Figure Ground Relationships<\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\" style=\"padding: 0; background: none; list-style: none; display: block; float: left; vertical-align: top; text-align: left; width: 84px; font-size: 11px; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px;\"><a style=\"box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; padding: 2px; display: block; border-radius: 2px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2014\/01\/13\/13-365-chunking-design-principle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a><a style=\"display: block; overflow: hidden; text-decoration: none; line-height: 12pt; height: 80px; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px;\" href=\"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2014\/01\/13\/13-365-chunking-design-principle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">13 of 365: Chunking #design #principle<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\" style=\"padding: 0; background: none; list-style: none; display: block; float: left; vertical-align: top; text-align: left; width: 84px; font-size: 11px; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px;\"><a style=\"box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; padding: 2px; display: block; border-radius: 2px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2014\/01\/02\/2-365-expository-comparative-advance-organizers-design-principles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a><a style=\"display: block; overflow: hidden; text-decoration: none; line-height: 12pt; height: 80px; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px;\" href=\"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2014\/01\/02\/2-365-expository-comparative-advance-organizers-design-principles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2 of 365: Expository and Comparative Advance Organizers #design #principles<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\" style=\"padding: 0; background: none; list-style: none; display: block; float: left; vertical-align: top; text-align: left; width: 84px; font-size: 11px; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px;\"><a style=\"box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; padding: 2px; display: block; border-radius: 2px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2013\/12\/18\/firefox-atari-2600-game-cartridge-john-lemasney-via-lemasney-com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a><a style=\"display: block; overflow: hidden; text-decoration: none; line-height: 12pt; height: 80px; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px;\" href=\"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2013\/12\/18\/firefox-atari-2600-game-cartridge-john-lemasney-via-lemasney-com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Firefox Atari 2600 game cartridge by John LeMasney via lemasney.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Closure is part of a set of design principles called the Gestalt principles of perception. Closure says that when we see a set of individual elements, we tend to put them together as a set in our mind. Humans fill in missing information to try to solve each shape as part of a set with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6751,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,7,18,3659,1128,3653,3654,29,32],"tags":[244,365,411,3870],"class_list":{"0":"post-6750","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brand","8":"category-consulting","9":"category-cv","10":"category-design-principles","11":"category-illustration","12":"category-insights","13":"category-portfolio","14":"category-research-interests","15":"category-teaching-experience","16":"tag-design","17":"tag-graphics","18":"tag-inkscape","19":"tag-john-lemasney","20":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/15-of-365-Closure-design-principle.png?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3h6y2-1KS","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6771,"url":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2014\/01\/19\/18-365-common-fate-design-principle\/","url_meta":{"origin":6750,"position":0},"title":"18 of 365: Common fate #design principle","author":"lemsy","date":"2014-01-19","format":false,"excerpt":"Common fate is another of the gestalt principles, and states that objects that are closer to each other or grouped in some way comparative to the overall set seem to be together, on a common path, or associated more closely than other design elements. In this illustration, I started with\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;brand&quot;","block_context":{"text":"brand","link":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/category\/consulting\/brand\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"18 of 365 - Common fate design principle by John LeMasney via lemasney.com","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/18-of-365-Common-fate-design-principle.png?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/18-of-365-Common-fate-design-principle.png?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/18-of-365-Common-fate-design-principle.png?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/18-of-365-Common-fate-design-principle.png?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6799,"url":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2014\/01\/22\/22-365-constancy-design-principle\/","url_meta":{"origin":6750,"position":1},"title":"22 of 365: Constancy #design principle","author":"lemsy","date":"2014-01-22","format":false,"excerpt":"Constancy is the idea that we see a particular object in the size, color, shape, feel, and other senses that we expect. We always see humans, for instance, in the same way. We expect that they will be 6 foot tall or less, and see multiple humans in that context.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;brand&quot;","block_context":{"text":"brand","link":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/category\/consulting\/brand\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"22 of 365 - Constancy design principle by John LeMasney via lemasney.com","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/22-of-365-Constancy-design-principle.png?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/22-of-365-Constancy-design-principle.png?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/22-of-365-Constancy-design-principle.png?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/22-of-365-Constancy-design-principle.png?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6777,"url":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2014\/01\/19\/19-365-comparison-design-principle\/","url_meta":{"origin":6750,"position":2},"title":"19 of 365: Comparison #design principle","author":"lemsy","date":"2014-01-19","format":false,"excerpt":"Comparison as a design principle takes into account the effect of illustration of differences in a controlled system. Comparison is most effective when it is benchmarked against standard systems, enforced by fact and citation, and when apples are compared to apples. It is easy but not recommended to create a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;brand&quot;","block_context":{"text":"brand","link":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/category\/consulting\/brand\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"19 of 365 - Comparison design principle by John LeMasney via lemasney.com","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/19-of-365-Comparison-design-principle.png?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/19-of-365-Comparison-design-principle.png?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/19-of-365-Comparison-design-principle.png?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/19-of-365-Comparison-design-principle.png?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6765,"url":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2014\/01\/16\/16-365-cognitive-dissonance-design-principle\/","url_meta":{"origin":6750,"position":3},"title":"16 of 365: Cognitive Dissonance #design principle","author":"lemsy","date":"2014-01-16","format":false,"excerpt":"Cognitive Dissonance occurs when a statement or idea causes conflict or discomfort because there is a motivating part and a demotivating part of the idea. For instance, cognitive dissonance occurs when you want to leave or stop using a service because of the cost, but you will have to do\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;brand&quot;","block_context":{"text":"brand","link":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/category\/consulting\/brand\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"16 of 365 - Cognitive dissonance design principle by John LeMasney via lemasney.com","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/16-of-365-Cognitive-dissonance-design-principle.png?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/16-of-365-Cognitive-dissonance-design-principle.png?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/16-of-365-Cognitive-dissonance-design-principle.png?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/16-of-365-Cognitive-dissonance-design-principle.png?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":7099,"url":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2014\/02\/03\/33-365-desire-lines-design-principle\/","url_meta":{"origin":6750,"position":4},"title":"33 of 365: Desire Lines design principle","author":"lemsy","date":"2014-02-03","format":false,"excerpt":"Desire lines are a development tool that a designer can use from the way that people actually interact with an interface, space, or object before finalizing features, paths, or navigation. It is often used in designing walking paths in a new space to help determine the best place to put\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;brand&quot;","block_context":{"text":"brand","link":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/category\/consulting\/brand\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"33 of 365 - Desired line design principle by John LeMasney via lemasney.com","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/33-of-365-Desired-line-design-principle.png?fit=1000%2C600&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/33-of-365-Desired-line-design-principle.png?fit=1000%2C600&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/33-of-365-Desired-line-design-principle.png?fit=1000%2C600&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/33-of-365-Desired-line-design-principle.png?fit=1000%2C600&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6732,"url":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2014\/01\/12\/12-365-cathedral-effect-design-design-principle\/","url_meta":{"origin":6750,"position":5},"title":"12 of 365: Cathedral effect #design #design-principle","author":"lemsy","date":"2014-01-12","format":false,"excerpt":"There is research that suggests that people complete tasks differently in environments where there are notably high or notably low ceilings. In environments where the ceiling is not noticeably high or low, it did not have an effect. High ceilings tend to have a cognitive effect of opening up creative\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;brand&quot;","block_context":{"text":"brand","link":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/category\/consulting\/brand\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"12 of 365 - Cathedral effect design principle by John LeMasney via lemasney.com","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/12-of-365-Cathedral-effect-design-principle.png?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/12-of-365-Cathedral-effect-design-principle.png?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/12-of-365-Cathedral-effect-design-principle.png?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/12-of-365-Cathedral-effect-design-principle.png?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6750"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6750\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45012,"href":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6750\/revisions\/45012"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}