Maeda’s ten laws of simplicity

  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

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