Reading report: The laws of simplicity
Title: The Laws Of Simplicity
Author(s): John Maeda
ISBN: 9780262134729
Read: November 2008
Summary
Interesting bits
LAW 1: REDUCE
The simplest way to achieve simplicity is through thoughtful reduction.
SHE: Shrink, Hide, Embody
LAW 2: ORGANIZE
Organization makes a system of many appear fewer.
SLIP: Sort, Label, Integrate, Prioritize
TAB example
LAW 3: TIME
Savings in time feel like simplicity.
How can you make the wait shorter vs How can you make the wait more tolerable
LAW 4: LEARN
Knowledge makes everything simpler.
Relate (Revisit), Translate, Surprise
LAW 5: DIFFERENCES
Simplicity and complexity need each other.
Need both of them, in rhythm
LAW 6: CONTEXT
What lies in the periphery of simplicity is definitely not peripheral.
Be a light bulb instead of a laser beam!
LAW 7: EMOTION
More emotions are better than less.
LAW 8: TRUST
In simplicity we trust.
Undo function vs commitment and relationship.
LAW 9: FAILURE
Some things can never be made simple.
LAW 10: THE ONE
Simplicity is about subtracting the obvious, and adding the meaningful.
KEY 1: AWAY
More appears like less by simply moving it far, far away.
Google search looks simple but it is fact immensely complex.
KEY 2: OPEN
Openness simplifies complexity.
KEY 3: POWER
Use less, gain more.
Technology and life only become complex if you let it be so. [p. 99]
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