

The designer who is doing a quick conceptual sketch has a problem. Now we are concerned with how the low-level pattern finding is integrated into the higher-level process of meta-seeing.


These have to do with the perception of symbols, regions, and contours, and the details of this have been extensively covered in the previous chapters. The perceptual critique of a design prototype can be used for direct tests of how well the design will support cognitive tasks. In the case of a proposed layout for a web page it might suggest a possible set of colors and the locations of various information boxes. The design prototype is a rapid sketch that shows in some respects what a finished product will actually look like. Colin Ware, in Visual Thinking for Information Design (Second Edition), 2022 Meta-Seeing With Design Prototypes
