John Maeda
Designer and technologist; author of The Laws of Simplicity; former president of the Rhode Island School of Design; formerly at the MIT Media Lab.
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Our reading
The simplest way to achieve simplicity is through thoughtful reduction: when in doubt, remove.
Their wordsThe simplest way to achieve simplicity is through thoughtful reduction. When in doubt, just remove. But be careful of what you remove.
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Our reading
Savings in time feel like simplicity: when forced to wait, life seems unnecessarily complex.
Their wordsWhen forced to wait, life seems unnecessarily complex. Savings in time feel like simplicity. And we are thankfully loyal when it happens, which is rare.
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Their wordsMore emotions are better than less. When emotions are considered above everything else, don’t be afraid to add more ornament or layers of meaning.
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Their wordsSimplicity is about subtracting the obvious, and adding the meaningful.
↗The Laws of Simplicity, Law 10: The Onelawsofsimplicity.com