https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt Curated by the course team from the 'Sensation and Perception' online course by Monash University, this gallery showcases contributions from learners that reflect Gestalt principles of grouping. We hope the gallery inspires you to look for your own examples. Learn more about how our sensory systems work together to help us to perceive and respond to the world around us! https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/sensation-perception/ en-us 2018-07-09 08:16:09 UTC 2025-09-24 23:46:37 UTC hello@padlet.com psychology_program https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/269713227 Coffee cup with a company logo that applies the Gestalt principle of 'closure'.]]> 2018-07-09 08:21:24 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/269713227 https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/270293602 Black Flag logo: Four bars = A flag waving in the wind.]]> 2018-07-16 09:39:59 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/270293602 https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/270733453 BY N'NANCOCQUOT CHRYSTELLE KOUASSI

The current IBM logo dates from 1976 and represents just the IBM letters, in blue, with horizontal stripes. The IBM logo represents the law of proximity. Taken separately, each line of the logo means nothing. But as a whole, they form the letters "I", "B" and "M". It is our brain that reconstructs them.]]> 2018-07-21 02:42:46 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/270733453 https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/270851422 FedEx logo with an arrow between the E and the x.]]> 2018-07-23 08:25:05 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/270851422 https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/270870346 Two figures in orange looking at each other ]]> 2018-07-23 14:19:33 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/270870346 Life_Learner_ https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/270945645 2018-07-24 04:58:24 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/270945645 https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/271070772 Escher has numerous examples of figure-ground perceptions. 
J Deurwaarder]]> 2018-07-25 07:22:44 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/271070772 https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/271308029 2018-07-27 20:40:09 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/271308029 megmoller https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/271328820 Group of eight - Australia's leading Universities; leading excellence, leading debate
The Group of Eight (Go8) comprises Australia’s eight leading research Universities - The University of Melbourne, The Australian National University, The University of Sydney, The University of Queensland, The University of Western Australia, The University of Adelaide, Monash University and UNSW Sydney.

]]> 2018-07-28 09:37:42 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/271328820 https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/274231852 There is a computer program with a library of features that can be added to a blank canvass. I gave it a go and came up with this. A keen observer will notice that the eyes are mirror reversed. The collection of these parts makes a face.]]> 2018-08-21 06:27:19 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/274231852 https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/285328713 2018-09-25 04:20:22 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/285328713 https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/312701295 Debora Leite Caputo]]> 2018-12-09 19:52:10 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/312701295 https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/312701813 Debora Leite Caputo]]> 2018-12-09 19:54:22 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/312701813 https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/322533414 Law of Pragnanz: reality is reduced to its simplest form (we see 5 rings instead of all the separate shapes)]]> 2019-01-20 22:25:39 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/322533414 https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/345421913 Figure ground logo
Vanessa E]]> 2019-03-26 18:49:09 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/345421913 https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/346117102 2019-03-28 13:13:55 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/346117102 kerrisha_nelson https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/346188259 2019-03-28 15:12:37 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/346188259 kerrisha_nelson https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/346188974 This is an example of the Gestalt Principle, Proximity. All the objects in the logo are close together.]]> 2019-03-28 15:14:04 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/346188974 tehmina https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/346239348 Logo of the Curatorial Research Centre is formed from lines that were based on the letters C R C and in this form might also close to represent part of an ionic capital, a finger-print or labyrinth or maybe something else? What do you see?]]> 2019-03-28 16:44:48 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/346239348 https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/346551488 2019-03-29 13:49:49 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/346551488 https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/346625751 This is an example of the Gesalt principle, proximity. There is a cultural bias to see an X, and possibly for an implicit prejudice that it is seen first.]]> 2019-03-29 16:31:39 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/346625751 https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/364816417 Similar to the triangle image, but star.]]> 2019-05-31 03:47:56 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/364816417 https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/366179788 Here the rings appear to intersect]]> 2019-06-06 17:24:38 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/366179788 Bobblehat https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/397253136 2019-10-14 03:45:44 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/397253136 olivercmallorca1 https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/402648359 2019-10-25 16:12:22 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/402648359 https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/403058512 2019-10-27 18:42:30 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/403058512 burchalison2012 https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/403302166 The logo can be 'seen' as a gold medal, the Marianne woman figure of France and the Olympic flame.]]> 2019-10-28 13:28:22 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/403302166 https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/413255998

]]> 2019-11-19 10:21:00 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/413255998 https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/655427719 Miguel Prieto Aguilar]]> 2020-07-15 20:13:45 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/655427719 https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/655429331 Miguel Prieto Aguilar]]> 2020-07-15 20:16:23 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/655429331 https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/655998752 2020-07-16 13:14:36 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/655998752 cdeblasis https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/656340340
A picture is worth a thousand words!!!!

Use all the imagination that this image provokes, a mixture of what we suppose and what we know ...

]]> 2020-07-16 20:21:53 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/656340340 annamariahastie https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/656903585 2020-07-17 13:54:39 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/656903585 annamariahastie https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/656906191 2020-07-17 13:58:10 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/656906191 hblackey https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/658394983 A great use of the Law of Proximity to make us see spectacle arms, when none exist!!]]> 2020-07-20 13:51:00 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/658394983 hblackey https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/658399731 MOCA use similarity to get me to see the MO and A when they are not really there. I find this really effective, as the logo itself is contemporary art using Gestalt theories. ]]> 2020-07-20 13:56:59 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/658399731 https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/658570248 Many people realise that the Matterhorn Mountain in Switzerland is on the logo, but they don't see the outline of a bear in the mountain . The bear is the seal and coat of arms of Bern, the capital of Switzerland.]]> 2020-07-20 18:01:09 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/658570248 https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/658687797 2020-07-20 21:32:02 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/658687797 rajpat https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/659146128 Closure.]]> 2020-07-21 10:49:10 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/659146128 rajpat https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/659146546 Figure-Ground Relationship]]> 2020-07-21 10:50:32 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/659146546 https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/659156834 2020-07-21 11:21:49 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/659156834 https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/659317743 Celtic Knot]]> 2020-07-21 15:29:44 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/659317743 https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/659971051 Figure ground principle]]> 2020-07-22 08:29:33 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/659971051 https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/659985039 Man on the moon]]> 2020-07-22 09:02:16 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/659985039 https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/659986855 Rows of columns :)]]> 2020-07-22 09:06:54 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/659986855 https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/659987368 2020-07-22 09:07:58 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/659987368 https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/659989392 Olympic Rings]]> 2020-07-22 09:13:05 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/659989392 https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/659989844 Plane]]> 2020-07-22 09:14:05 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/659989844 https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/660024269 WWF logo]]> 2020-07-22 10:54:37 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/660024269 mail2078 https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/660898917 Warning approaching traffic jam]]> 2020-07-23 09:14:21 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/660898917 agomezc8 https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/661070668 figure ground closure proximity]]> 2020-07-23 14:42:00 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/661070668 https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/661371221 2020-07-23 22:15:48 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/661371221 Natyc_toc https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/661454823 2020-07-24 00:47:52 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/661454823 https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/661721378 Figure - ground. Princess or homeless?]]> 2020-07-24 07:41:31 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/661721378 https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/661781994 closure]]> 2020-07-24 10:56:54 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/661781994 https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/661911686

]]> 2020-07-24 15:10:25 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/661911686 sp20195271 https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/662578218 2020-07-26 04:51:24 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/662578218 https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/662869350 Closure, figure-ground, continuity.]]> 2020-07-27 00:28:08 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/662869350 https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/663229793 used for pop-ups in website windows]]> 2020-07-27 11:39:21 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/663229793 https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/663552923 2020-07-27 19:40:28 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/663552923 https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/665244832


]]> 2020-07-29 19:14:08 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/665244832 https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/667451992 :-) Sometimes something goes wrong.
:-)]]> 2020-08-02 17:47:31 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/667451992 https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/667890105 Gestalt principle: Ashakiran.A.S]]> 2020-08-03 10:23:11 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/667890105 https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/669679395 from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_Zealand_Sign_Assembly_-_Road_Slippery_When_Wet.svg. car wheels cannot do this in reality - cross over - yet it is used all over Australia, and nz by the looks of it.]]> 2020-08-05 01:36:35 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/669679395 samirajannat2031 https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/671424931 At first glance, it looks like an young lady. However, if you focus on the dot in the center of the picture, you'll see an old lady.]]> 2020-08-06 15:30:37 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/671424931 sjmorrison10 https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/675072280 https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.slideshare.net%2FLeahLewman%2Fthe-figureground-relationship-in-art&psig=AOvVaw17_5XebkTfqmObPKB7WNyn&ust=1597195400432000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAIQjRxqFwoTCMCaiNb-kesCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAI]]> 2020-08-11 01:25:58 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/675072280 https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/678292617 By Rhodora Garcia-Medina
Medium: Watercolor on Canvas
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08-12-20
The first thing that you see is the general picture but as you look closely, there is a story waiting to be seen and felt...]]> 2020-08-13 05:36:14 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/678292617 kmcv2012 https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/691889097 When giving somebody our telephone number, we group the individual numbers.
In Britain that is typical in sets of 3: 123 456 789; in Germany it is in pairs: 12 34 56 78.]]> 2020-08-21 17:00:01 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/691889097 mayeleoncio https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/692838911 Figure To ground

In this image, we see faces and vases which depend on our way of perception. If we see the white as the figure, then we perceive men and vice-versa.

Source: https://studiousguy.com/real-life-examples-gestalt-principles/]]> 2020-08-22 12:58:43 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/692838911 https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/693051261 2020-08-22 21:19:37 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/693051261 https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/707415572 Conservation- Gestalt Closure- Ajith -Monash]]> 2020-08-30 18:17:13 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/707415572 https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/899423859 Law of continuity ]]> 2020-11-06 23:40:10 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/899423859 norahailisnh https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/1111114454 Gestalt principle closure

]]> 2021-01-21 17:31:49 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/1111114454 https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/1219447206 Figure-ground. Gestalt]]> 2021-02-19 16:32:14 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/1219447206 https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/1221653415 Figure to ground - depending on whether we focus on the colour white as the figure or the brown colour of the fox. We can also use closure to see the figure as a whole logo of Peter and the wolf rather than separate parts. ]]> 2021-02-20 16:31:49 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/1221653415 https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/1244313783 2021-02-26 07:42:24 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/1244313783 bebacapitanperez2429 https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/1389497126 It all depends of the first Perception you will receive, then you will focus on looking meticulously at all the details  on the whole figure and your Perception will change
completely.
By Alejandro Leanza

]]> 2021-04-07 00:39:43 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/1389497126 https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/1538797569 Closure- we organise our perceptions of the lines to perceive a woman in striped clothing. 
Continuity- where the lines change direction eg; the elbows, we perceive the lines as continuing along the arm. 
Proximity and similarity- lines close to one another and similar in direction are grouped together to describe one area of the body.  ]]> 2021-05-19 08:49:26 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/1538797569 https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/1660203228 2021-07-25 07:11:28 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/1660203228 https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/1872465959 The logo for this zoo is really cool, some people see trees and birds (in black) first of all, others see the gorilla and lion (in white) facing each other.]]> 2021-11-07 09:38:26 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/1872465959 cristinallerena https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/1920866357 2021-11-30 16:39:55 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/1920866357 https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/1975246500 When there is an intersection between two objects, we tend to perceive each object as a single uninterrupted object. This allows differentiation of stimuli even when they come in visual overlap. We have a tendency to group lines or curves that follow an established direction over those defined by sharp and abrupt changes in direction. Another example is the logo for the Halifax Bank (in the UK), which looks similar to the crossed keys.]]> 2022-01-04 22:39:43 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/1975246500 tlatham1981 https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/2011400225 In the "Ex" part of this logo, you can see both the lettering and the arrow, depending on which part you perceive as the Figure and which part you perceive as the Ground.]]> 2022-01-25 15:05:33 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/2011400225 https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/2018945874 2022-01-29 06:35:27 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/2018945874 https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/2237989422 The PlayStation logo uses, continuity for the S as we perceive it to be an S and not two smaller shapes, it also uses closure on the sides of the P. 

]]> 2022-07-06 09:35:13 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/2237989422 https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/2359061386 This illusion works by confusing us about which part of the picture is the foreground and which in the background. On the left, the blue colour is palm trees and the gold is the sky. Gradually the blue becomes the sky and the gold turns into the camels.]]> 2022-10-27 13:27:08 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/2359061386 https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/2471498237 2023-02-07 10:07:20 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/2471498237 https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/2506456833 2023-03-07 07:33:56 UTC https://padlet.com/psychology_program/gestalt/wish/2506456833