[IxDA Discuss] John Maeda's Laws of Simplicity

[Robert Hoekman, Jr.]

Well, first, they're not really "laws", right? They're guidelines
disguised as laws, as we've seen in recent threads. :)

Second, it's a nice list, but nothing really actionable (as Challis
pointed out). My new book goes into a lot of things like this, with
regard to app design, but also contains practical advice about how to
achieve these qualities.

Still, it's a nice, quick reference list to keep in one's head, so it
was probably worth the effort. Newer designers could certainly benefit
from it.

-r-



On 9/2/06, Dave (Heller) Malouf <dave at ixda.org> wrote:
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> http://weblogs.media.mit.edu/SIMPLICITY/
> John Maeda's blog on Simplicity ... but more is being done at his book
> blog at http://lawsofsimplicity.com/
>
> Oh! I came across all this reading a silly article in Wired. the article
> isn't online yet, but they ask John to apply his laws to a new Sony DV
> Cam. It is interesting when applied like that.
>
> Here are the Laws: http://lawsofsimplicity.com/?cat=5&order=ASC
> Reduce
> Organize
> Time
> Learn
> Differences
> Context
> Emotions
> Trust
> Failure
> The One
>
> Most don't speak for themselves but the descriptions are too long for a
> simple e-mail (hmmm? length?)
>
> He says there are 3 more, but I can't find them.
>
> What do people think?
>
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