Thursday, November 11, 2010

School Design Studio: The Laws of Simplicity

School Design Studio: The Laws of Simplicity: "John Maeda's site is 'devoted to my ongoing thought processes regarding the topic of simplicity. I wrote and designed a book entitled The Laws of Simplicity to let the ideas take root.' The book.
Here are John's 10 Laws:
Reduce: The simplest way to achieve simplicity is through thoughtful reduction
Organize: Organization makes a system of many appear fewer.
Time: Savings in time feels like simplicity.
Learn: Knowledge makes everything simpler.
Differences: Simplicity and complexity need each other.
Context: What lies in the periphery of simplicity is definitely not peripheral.
Emotion: More emotions are better than less.
Trust: In simplicity we trust.
Failure: Some things can never be made simple.
The One: Simplicity is about subtracting the obvious, and adding the meaningful."

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