Law of Simplicity
Law 1 Reduce
“The simplest way to achieve simplicity is through thoughtful reduction.”
Law 2 Organize
“Organization makes a system of many appear fewer.”
Law 3 Time
“Savings in time feels like simplicity.”
Law 4 Learn
“Knowledge makes everything simpler.”
Law 5 Differences
“Simplicity and complexity need each other.”
Law 6 Context
“What lies in the periphery of simplicity is definitely not peripheral.”
Law 7 Emotion
“More emotions are better than less.”
Law 8 Trust
“In simplicity we trust.”
Law 9 Failure
“Some things can never be made simple.”
Law 10 The One
“Simplicity is about subtracting the obvious and adding the meaningful.”
— John Maeda. Law of SImplicity.