Gestalt Project
The word Gestalt means a unified or meaningful whole. A configuration or pattern of elements so unified as a whole that it cannot be described merely as a sum of its parts Gestalt is a general description for the concepts that make unity and variety possible in design.
It is a German word that roughly translates as “whole” or “form.” Gestalt theory is involved with visual perception and the psychology of art among other things. It applied in gestalt psychology it means “unified whole” or ” configuration.” The essential point of gestalt is that in perception the whole is different from the sum of its parts.
A physical, biological, psychological, or symbolic configuration or pattern of elements so unified as a whole that its properties cannot be derived from a simple summation of its parts.
Libby’s example of an optical ullision
I think this works because you can see an apple core outlined by a mans face on the left and a childs face on the right.
This is an example of figure ground you can see the spatula in between the letters
