Simplicity: Die Zehn Gesetze Der Einfachheit (Paperback)

from gdhaire

In "The Laws of Simplicity" graphic designer, artist, computer scientist and professor at MIT, John Maeda, offers a cursory examination of simplicity in our technologically choked world. I say cursory because at 100 pages the book doesn't have much room for a "complex" examination of simplicity. ...

from dkords

There's nothing but good things one can say about the concept of this book. Redefine the world of complexity by cutting it down to the essence of what matters. Give meaning and passion to technology by simplifying their purpose. And when the complexity cannot be reduced, admit failure (and succee...

from JenneB

Interesting, but it seemed disorganized somehow.

from getaneha

The 100 pages book itself is meticulously designed, the ten laws of simplicity aptly presented, Maeda, an MIT professor, argues that the issue of simplicity versus complexity affects every realm of our life, especially with our encounter with technological tools. As a librarian, I would like to c...

from Murdocke23

A small book with big ideas on keeping things simple. Author is well-accomplished, and writing seems to flaunt it sometimes or is occasionally banal (perhaps due to book's start as a blog). But ideas are good (just not profound).. So a good book, but just not really impressed, maybe because I've ...