Gestalten in Code


Gestalt | Definition of Gestalt by Merriam-Webster

gestalt noun ge·stalt \gə-ˈstält, -ˈshtält, -ˈstȯlt, -ˈshtȯlt
Simple Definition of gestalt psychology : something that is made of many parts and yet is somehow more than or different from the combination of its parts; broadly : the general quality or character of something source

Gestalt psychology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Gestalt psychology or gestaltism (German: Gestalt [ɡəˈʃtalt] "shape, form") is a theory of mind of the Berlin School of experimental psychology. Gestalt psychology tries to understand the laws of our ability to acquire and maintain meaningful perceptions in an apparently chaotic world. The central principle of gestalt psychology is that the mind forms a global whole with self-organizing tendencies. source

gestalt - Wiktionary

gestalt ‎(plural gestalts or gestalten) A collection of physical, biological, psychological or symbolic elements that creates a whole, unified concept or pattern which is other than the sum of its parts, due to the relationships between the parts (of a character, personality, entity, or being) This biography is the first one to consider fully the writer's gestalt. The clusters of behavioral gestalten... the probability factors... the subtypes of crimes... the constellations of criminal subtypes... — Jay Kirk, "Watching the Detectives", Harpers Magazine, Vol. 307, Iss. 1839; pg. 61, Aug, 2003 source

Introduction

What does it means to design with code? Is it a way of thinking? Is it a tool? Is it just the flavour of the month? (Spoiler: It is not IMHO). In this repository I try to sum up my various experiments on "gestalten in code".

Disclaimer

I don't know where this will take me but there might be 🐉 and 🐛.

TOC

• chance
• color
• data
• form
• grid
• interaction
• iteration
• motion
• typography

License (ISC)

(c) 2016 Fabian 'fabiantheblind' Morón Zirfas & University of Applied Sciences Potsdam (Germany)

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