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The Laws of Simplicity (Simplicity: Design, Technology, Business, Life)
John Maeda • 3 highlights
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#032 Peeling Back
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Let's put it this way: if you are a novelist, I think you start out with a 20 word idea, and you work at it and you wind up with a 200,000 word novel. We, picture-book people, or at least I, start out with 200,000 words and I reduce it to 20
Eric Carle
Eric Carle
One of the most intelligent case studies in design is the Chinese tea cup. They’re made without handles simply because if it’s too hot to touch, it’s too hot to drink.
Humans naturally want to add more. Add a cardboard sleeve, add a warning on the outside of the cup, add a handle. The result of all these things never cools down the actual contents.
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he is a reducer, not a producer.
One of the many things I learned from @gentry about design is the idea of *informed simplicity*
