FORM MEETS DYSFUNCTION

The first “visual hierarchy” was invented by a teacher with a loud marker. Attention is a design resource.

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Visual hierarchy is a graphic design principle for guiding the eye using size, contrast, color and position. No single teacher with a marker invented it.

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