The Laws of Simplicity

This blog would not be off to a proper start without giving a nod to John Maeda. Maeda’s book, The Laws of Simplicity, continues to be a huge influence on the way I approach design problems, and was one of the inspirations for creating this blog. If you haven’t read it I can’t recommend it enough.

Below is Maeda’s TED talk from a couple years ago, in which he discusses some of the points from his book.

The companion site to the book can be found at lawsofsimplicity.com, but sadly doesn’t appear to be active anymore.

I also recommend following Maeda on Twitter @johnmaeda. His tweets have a Confucius-like charm to them that is quite tasty.