Unity and Varity

Unity and variety are complementary concerns. Unity is the appearance or condition of oneness. In design, unity describes the feeling that all the elements in a work belong together and make up a coherent and harmonious whole. When a work of art has unity, we feel that any change would diminish its quality.
Variety, on the other hand, provides diversity. Variety acts to counter unity. The sameness of too much unity is boring, and the diversity of uncontrolled variety is chaotic, but a balance between unity and variety creates life.

Artist using Grouping to create Unity: Elisabeth Higgins O'Connor

Artist using Containment to create Unity: Maya Lin

Artist using Proximity to create Unity: Scott Fife

Artist using Repetiton to create Unity: Wang Guangyi

Artist using Continuity to create Unity: David Spriggs

Artist using *Closure to create Unity: Yinka Shonibare

*Closure is about the conclusions your mind jumps to when you see a particular image. For example, when you see an octagon, you think stop sign. When you see a man and a woman out having dinner together, you assume they are a couple. Because art, has a limited space in which to tell their stories, we rely heavily on the conclusions we jump to when we see certain image.

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