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Insight: Proximity is an important consideration when designing print and web based materials. Site navigation has to work as a perceived unit, and then again on an individual level. Proximity

We can apply other Gestalt laws of grouping that affect our visual perception. Here, objects near each other tend to be seen as a unit.

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The law of proximity states that objects (in this case, our group of insect parts) near each other tend to be seen as a unit. According to this theory, you will probably see the  arrangement above either as a set of horizontal rows or vertical columns depending on the spacing applied.

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