leadership design January 3, 2025
I came across John Maeda’s 10 Laws of Simplicity back in 2011 and I think they have stood the test of time. Here’s a link to his site: The Laws of Simplicity / John Maeda.
Ten Laws of Simplicity John Maeda
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 not 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