CS295J/Rule Lists

John Maeda's Laws of Simplicity

These may be convertible into rules that can be evaluated. See the Laws of Simplicity website for more info.

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."