The Laws of Simplicity

John Maeda’s 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