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Good design is as little design as possible: less, but better, because it concentrates on the essentials.

Drawn from what Dieter Rams said

What these subjects mean

design How things should be made and judged: what makes a design good, who should do the designing, and what an interface is for.

simplicity Less, but better: reduction as the way to make something good, and the argument about when it goes too far.

Less, but better

designunder our view: Good design is less, and it disappears into the hand What makes a design good?under our view: Good design is less: reduce to the essentials and leave nothing arbitrary Which mental models should a designer think with?under our view: Less, but better: the work is finding the essence and cutting the rest Why is it harder to simplify than to add?under our view: Simplicity is subtraction: find the essence and cut everything else

What Dieter Rams actually said

  1. Dieter Rams by Industrial designer; head of design at Braun from 1961…
    Less, but better – because it concentrates on the essential aspects, and the products are not burdened with non-essentials.

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