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Ten laws of simplicity for business, technology, and design that teach us how to need less but get more. Finally, we are learning that simplicity equals sanity. We're rebelling against technology that's too complicated, DVD players with too many menus, and software accompanied by 75-megabyte "read me" manuals. The iPod's clean gadgetry has made simplicity hip. But sometimes we find ourselves caught up in the simplicity paradox: we want something that's simple and easy to use, but also does all the complex things we might ever want it to do. In The Laws of Simplicity , John Maeda offers ten laws for balancing simplicity and complexity in business, technology, and designguidelines for needing less and actually getting more. Maedaa professor in MIT's Media Lab and a world-renowned graphic designerexplores the question of how we can redefine the notion of "improved" so that it doesn't always mean something more, something added on. Maeda's first law of simplicity is "Reduce." It's not necessarily beneficial to add technology features just because we can. And the features that we do have must be organized (Law 2) in a sensible hierarchy so users aren't distracted by features and functi

Who reads The Laws of Simplicity (Simplicity: Design, Technology, Business, Life)?

Author

John Maeda; NetLibrary, Inc

Publisher

The MIT Press

Published

2006

Language

EN

ISBN

9780262134729

Category

philosophy

Subjects

Engineering, Management, Fiction

Rating

3.89 / 5 (3,862 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13