| 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.
                        
                                
 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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