A new gestalt The innovator has a systems mind, one that sees things in terms of how they relate to each other in producing a result, a new gestalt that to some degree changes the world. Michael Maccoby, Winning by Design: The Methods of Gordon Murray innovationsystems
The right overlap Overlap alone does not give structure. It can also give chaos. A garbage can is full of overlap. To have structure, you must have the right overlap. Christopher Alexander, A City Is Not a Tree The city's most vital organsThe multiplicity of living patterns structure