the laws of simplicity

so, i started reading in one of my books from Maeda. design by numbers actually needs you to have a laptop besides you to start immedeatly programming some artworks.
althoug i already have some experience with processing i decided to start reading the other one.
laws of simplicity has less then 100 sheets and is very easy to read not least because it so well structured. maeda illustrates 10 laws and 3 keys of simplicity illustrated with well-known examples so that it is easy to follow him.
of course, those are not laws everyown has to follow now, for me it's more like a very good advice from a person with a lot of knowledge and experiences.


The first law -reduce- deals with how to reduce functionality. Maeda says: 'The simplest way to achieve simplicity is trough thoughtful reduction'. he confronts the two questions 'how simple can you make it?' with 'how complex does it have to be?'. the most of the items he is discussing i feel familiar with. it is like i always tried to act in this way or heard about this ways reaching simplicity, but having a book like a reference that deals with this topic in a written way is very effective to develop my own knowledge.