The Laws of Simplicity (Simplicity: Design, Technology,…

Erika RS767 reviews236 followersReadSeptember 29, 2013This short (100 page) book gives 10 laws and 3 key properties for designing simple systems. Maeda provides a hand summary of the laws and key principles:Ten laws:1. Reduce: The simplest way to achieve simplicity is through thoughtful reduction.2. Organize: Organization makes a system of many appear fewer.3. Time: Savings in time feel like simplicity.4. Learn: Knowledge makes everything simpler.5. Differences: Simplicity and complexity need each other.6. Context: What lies in the periphery of simplicity is definitely not peripheral.7. Emotion: More emotions are better than less.8. Trust: In simplicity we trust.9. Failure: Some things can never be made simple.10. The One: Simplicity is about subtracting the obvious, and adding the meaningful.Three key principles:1. Away: More appears like less simply by moving it far, far away.2. Open: Openness simplifies complexity.3. Power: Use less, gain more.I fail to see the difference between th...