The Laws of Simplicity

"Simplicity is about subtracting the obvious and adding the meaningful"

John Maeda a graphic designer and computer scientist in his book "The Laws of Simplicity" provides us with the Ten Laws of Simplicity.

Ten Laws

1. Reduce - A Thoughtful reduction, an easy and simplest way to  achieve simplicity. Because it helps us to remove obvious, unwanted fact and enable us to add meaningful stuffs.

2. Organize - Face, Arm, Hand, Finger, Leg, Foot, Heart, Lungs blah blah looks scattered. When ORGANIZED properly, simply reflects a Human Body.

3. Time - Valuable aspect of Life, Save it. Be Simple.

4. Learn - Learn it, Remember facts, convert it to Knowledge, automatically everything looks Simple.

5. Differences - Adding meaning makes it Simple. Hiding Complex makes it useful. Example - Swiss Army Knife, Only the tool you wish to use is expose, rest other are hidden.

6. Context - Read Read and Think about what you have Read.

7. Emotion - Adds ethics and values to Simplicity.

8. Trust - Simple, We Trust.

9. Failure - The Simplest version of Success.

10. THE ONE - Simplicity is about subtracting the obvious, and adding the meaningful.

“If a man empties his purse into his head, no one can take it away from him”

                           – Benjamin Franklin