What Josh Puckett thinks about simplicity

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Designer, advisor and investor; co-founded the design practice Iteration and the apprenticeship studio Upperstudy, after leading design teams at Wealthfront, Dropbox and Groupon.

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1. 12 Mar 2026

   Our readingWhat makes everything considered great design great is that it is distilled and concentrated into what makes it great, with the nice-to-haves cut.

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   Their wordsI think that's what makes everything we think of as great design, great design, is it's just really distilled and concentrated into what makes it great, right? And everything else that's not important, that's a nice-to-have, cut that, right?

   ↗Josh Puckett - Crafting interfaces with uncommon careyoutube.com 9th of 18 in this recording