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Great designers make it look easy, and the ease is mostly an illusion: the conversational tone of good writing comes on the eighth rewrite.

Drawn from what Paul Graham said

Subjectdesign

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

On the topicWhat makes a design good?under our view: Good design disappears: it is obvious to use, explains itself, and is never noticed

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What Paul Graham actually said

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  1. Paul Graham

    Co-founder of Y Combinator and Viaweb

    Good design looks easy. Like great athletes, great designers make it look easy. Mostly this is an illusion. The easy, conversational tone of good writing comes only on the eighth rewrite.

    Where this was said

    ↗Taste for Makerspaulgraham.com

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