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Gestalt Theory (Closure)

Designer, Alex Griendling, effectively uses the principle closure in his piece by using negative space. Even though there is a break in the design our eyes naturally fill in the blank and perceives…

This piece, created by illustrator and designer Alex Asfour, clearly separates the foreground and the background elements by exaggerating the size of the figure. By doing this it gives the image interest and evokes a narrative throughout the design.

Design Elements

Design elements are the fundamentals or “building blocks” to all designs. In class we learned about the 7 main elements: line, directions, shape, size, colour, space, and texture. For this blog, we were…