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Simplicity is about subtracting the obvious and adding the meaningful.

Drawn from what John Maeda said

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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 John Maeda actually said

  1. John Maeda Designer and technologist
    Simplicity is about subtracting the obvious, and adding the meaningful.

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