Connectedness: Gestalt Principle for User Interface Design

Summary: Visual design elements that are connected (for example, by a line) are seen as belonging together. This principle is strong enough to overrule small differences between the items.

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Sana Behnam is a Research Assistant with Nielsen Norman Group, based in Raleigh, North Carolina. She holds a B.F.A in Industrial Design from University of Tehran and an M.F.A. in Design Research and Development from The Ohio State University.

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