Finally, we are learning that simplicity equals sanity. We're rebelling against technology that's too complicated, against 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 guidelines, ten laws for balancing simplicity and complexity in business, technology, and design--for needing less and actually getting more.
Maeda--a professor in MIT's Media Lab and a world-renowned graphic designer--explores 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 functions they don't need. But simplicity is not less just for the sake of less. Skip ahead to Law 9: "Failure: Accept the fact that some things can never be made simple." Maeda's concise guide to simplicity in the digital age shows us how this idea can be a cornerstone of organizations and their products--how it can drive both business and technology. We can learn to simplify without sacrificing comfort and meaning, and we can achieve the balance described in Law 10. This law, which Maeda calls "The One," tells us: "Simplicity is about subtracting the obvious, and adding the meaningful."
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TEN LAWS1 reduce The simplest way to achieve simplicity is through thoughtful...
Shirnk:
说句心里话,看着玩玩还行。如果不是john maeda自身在computer graphic上的地位,可能这本书不至于那么火爆吧。 我有幸曾经听过他本人自己介绍他的laws of simplicity,...
I've been reading a couple of books about design this year. The law of simplicity is an excellent book that illustrates the power and underlying theory of si...
犹豫着四星还是五星。 纯设计角度而言,围绕简约作者的确提出了很多很有道理的观点,但是和很多设计的书一样这种积累是循序渐进的,不像看编程的书会豁然开朗。 文章...
不太推荐此书,读书笔记如下,作者说想把书写简单点所以只写了100页,然而书里面的那些案例我却真的没有觉得很有代入感。不知道是写作问题还是怎么样,作者非要用一些书...
Always think about the function first, think about that exactly you wanted. Think about the law of reduction, what is essential and what is not? Pay attentio...