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Design research

the aesthetic principle that designs are liked most when they combine perceived unity with a high degree of variety.

In design research, unity in variety refers to the aesthetic principle that designs are liked most when they combine perceived unity with a high degree of variety. This meaning comes from Post (2016) in Acta Psychologica.[1]

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Post, R. A. G., Blijlevens, J., & Hekkert, P. (2016). ‘To preserve unity while almost allowing for chaos’: Testing the aesthetic principle of unity-in-variety in product design. Acta Psychologica, 163, 142-152. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2015.11.013

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