Laws of Simplicity

Name: Laws of Simplicity
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ISBN: 9780262134729

ISBN-10: 0262134721

ISBN-13: 9780262134729

Edition: 2006

Authors: John Maeda, John Antonelli

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Finally, we are learning that simplicity equals sanity. We're rebelling against technology that's too complicated, DVD players with too many menus, and software accompanied by 75-megabyte "read me" manuals. The iPod's clean gadgetry has made simplicity hip. But sometimes we find ourselves caught up in the simplicity paradox: we want something that's simple and easy to use, but also does all the complex things we might ever want it to do. In The Laws of Simplicity, John Maeda offers ten laws for balancing simplicity and complexity in business, technology, and design--guidelines for needing less and actually getting more. Maeda--a professor in MIT's Media Lab and a world-renowned graphic…

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List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 7/7/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 128
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English

John Maeda is President of Rhode Island School of Design and former Associate Director of the MIT Media Lab. In 2008 Esquire magazine named Maeda one of the 75 most influential people of the twenty-first century. He is the author of The Laws of Simplicity (MIT Press, 2006) and other books.



Simplicity = Sanity



Reduce



Organize



Time



Learn



Differences



Context



Emotion



Trust



Failure



The One



Away



Open



Power


Life