Theoretical Research · 2025

Investigating how visual perception informs cognitive pathways to simplicity in design.

This framework integrates visual perception with the design process through four recurring cognitive phases—Awareness, Deduction, Circumscription, and Resolution. Rather than treating simplicity as reduction, it conceptualizes simplicity as an iterative cognitive equilibrium emerging through recursive cycles of problem solving.

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Proposed cognitive framework showing four recurring cognitive phases supported by continuous knowledge feedback.](attachment:481ab737-2220-4c6f-b0f5-9eff354085a0:fig_9_update.png)

Proposed cognitive framework showing four recurring cognitive phases supported by continuous knowledge feedback.

Publication

Integrating visual perception and design process: Cognitive pathways to simplicity in problem-solving.

Peer-reviewed Journal Article The International Journal of Visual Design · 2025

Visual Design 2025 Full Paper.pdf


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