<p>Another relevant resource might be Stephen Kosslyn's <a href="http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/0195320697" rel="nofollow"><em>Clear and to the Point</em></a>. It's a book about designing presentations based on psychological principles. The principles that he covers certainly generalize beyond slides for presentations.</p>

<p>I've read it myself, and would recommend it to designers who are unfamiliar with psychological research. If you are already well versed in major psychological findings of the past 100 years, then this book won't offer much that you don't already know.</p>

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Josh
<p>Not surprisingly, there's a huge load of stuff you need to consider when designing things for users. Here's a good paper written by some perception and vision researchers on the topic that might give you a more detailed introduction that what you have seen so far:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.csc.ncsu.edu/faculty/healey/download/tvcg.11.pdf">Healey, C.G. &amp; Enns, J.T. (in press). Attention and visual memory in visualization and computer graphics. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics</a></p>

<p>It's open access as well!</p>

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vizzero
<p>Visual perception is a huge topic, much of which is relevant to the work of a designer. I have identified topics in visual memory, visual cognition and colour perception that are relevant, and I'm sure there is more I don't yet know of.</p>

<p>What would be a good place to start for a designer looking for concepts of perception to be aware of when designing? For example, what books (or other accessible resources, such as web pages, applied research topics) exist that are suitable?</p>

<p>I'm very interested in learning more about visual perception and how it pertains to graphic design. I work predominately in print and environmental graphic design but any area of graphic design should be equally applicable.</p>

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Are you referring *only* to **graphic** design?
Gal Grünfeld
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@Ryan if you know of specific journal articles that might relate to this topic, check out this thread to potentially access them for free: http://meta.cogsci.stackexchange.com/a/205/55
Jeff
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I think you were looking for these articles: http://www.uxmatters.com/mt/archives/2010/07/updating-our-understanding-of-perception-and-cognition-part-i.php http://www.uxmatters.com/mt/archives/2010/08/updating-our-understanding-of-perception-and-cognition-part-ii.php http://www.uxmatters.com/mt/archives/2012/02/designing-with-the-mind-in-mind-an-interview-with-jeff-johnson.php
Özgür
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@Ryan I'm a designer with a psychology/cogsci background, and there are two great, relevant books I keep on my desk: Vision Science by Steve Palmer, and Universal Principles of Design by Rockwell Press. As someone said, don't go for half-and-half resources that aren't quite design or science. Vision Science is the best textbook I've ever read (brilliantly designed too!) and almost every chapter is applicable. Universal Principles... is a great book giving you a clear place to start on science, theory and practice on loads of topics, very concise and to the point.
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What concepts of perception should designers be aware of when designing?
Ryan
# What concepts of perception should designers be aware of when designing?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2012-03-01)

Visual perception is a huge topic, much of which is relevant to the work of a designer. I have identified topics in visual memory, visual cognition and colour perception that are relevant, and I'm sure there is more I don't yet know of.

What would be a good place to start for a designer looking for concepts of perception to be aware of when designing? For example, what books (or other accessible resources, such as web pages, applied research topics) exist that are suitable?

I'm very interested in learning more about visual perception and how it pertains to graphic design. I work predominately in print and environmental graphic design but any area of graphic design should be equally applicable.

**Tags:** perception, vision, hci

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: @username_0 if you know of specific journal articles that might relate to this topic, check out this thread to potentially access them for free: http://meta.cogsci.stackexchange.com/a/205/55  
> **username_3**: I think you were looking for these articles: http://www.uxmatters.com/mt/archives/2010/07/updating-our-understanding-of-perception-and-cognition-part-i.php http://www.uxmatters.com/mt/archives/2010/08/updating-our-understanding-of-perception-and-cognition-part-ii.php http://www.uxmatters.com/mt/archives/2012/02/designing-with-the-mind-in-mind-an-interview-with-jeff-johnson.php  
> **username_4**: @username_0 I'm a designer with a psychology/cogsci background, and there are two great, relevant books I keep on my desk: Vision Science by Steve Palmer, and Universal Principles of Design by Rockwell Press. As someone said, don't go for half-and-half resources that aren't quite design or science. Vision Science is the best textbook I've ever read (brilliantly designed too!) and almost every chapter is applicable. Universal Principles... is a great book giving you a clear place to start on science, theory and practice on loads of topics, very concise and to the point.  
> **username_1**: Are you referring *only* to **graphic** design?  

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### Answer by username_6 on 2012-06-11. Score: 9 | Accepted answer

Not surprisingly, there's a huge load of stuff you need to consider when designing things for users. Here's a good paper written by some perception and vision researchers on the topic that might give you a more detailed introduction that what you have seen so far:

[Healey, C.G. & Enns, J.T. (in press). Attention and visual memory in visualization and computer graphics. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics](http://www.csc.ncsu.edu/faculty/healey/download/tvcg.11.pdf)

It's open access as well!


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### Answer by username_5 on 2014-05-27. Score: 3

Another relevant resource might be Stephen Kosslyn's [*Clear and to the Point*](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/0195320697). It's a book about designing presentations based on psychological principles. The principles that he covers certainly generalize beyond slides for presentations.

I've read it myself, and would recommend it to designers who are unfamiliar with psychological research. If you are already well versed in major psychological findings of the past 100 years, then this book won't offer much that you don't already know.


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