The laws of simplicity : design, technology, business, life

Abstract

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.