Gestalt Principles in Action

Gestalt principles explain how our brains organize visual information into meaningful patterns. Understanding proximity, similarity, and closure gives you tools to guide attention without relying on conventional layouts. The Species in Pieces exhibition demonstrates how simple geometric shapes can create complex, emotionally resonant experiences through careful visual relationships.

Choose a real FAQ page from any boring corporate website. Your mission: transform it into something visually striking using only typography scale and color relationships. No boxes, lines, or traditional spacing patterns allowed. Create hierarchy through size relationships that feel organic rather than systematic. Maybe questions grow larger as they become more emotionally loaded, or answers use color temperature to indicate urgency.

Study how Species in Pieces uses CSS polygons to create animal shapes that feel alive despite being geometric. Notice how they use color transitions and animation timing to create emotional pacing. Your FAQ redesign should similarly transform dry information into an experience that feels intentional and expressive. The goal isn't just better usability - it's creating an interface that makes people feel something while finding answers.