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The Laws of Simplicity (Simplicity: Design, Technology, Business, Life) (Hardcover)

by J Maeda (Author) "I watched the process whereby my daughters gleefully got their first email accounts ..." (more)
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Design Week, 26.4.07 (profile, mentioning book, by Liz Farrelly)

"this is a must-read for all creative practitioners. The book is beautiful - complete with iconic graphics and perfect packaging - and unlike self-help tomes that simultaneously bore readers with fictitious `true life' tales while attempting to shame them into action, Maeda's gentle honesty about the difficulties he faces in dealing with the same issues as the rest of us is refreshing and approachable. .... While his previous books attempt to explain what he does, this book tells us how he thinks."


Crafts Magazine, May 2007 (review by Liz Farrelly)

calling the book "a sublimely perfect tome, in the formal sense. Its dimensions, typography, paper stock, binding and eye-catching cover all demonstrate well-considered design decisions, guaranteeing appeal to the aesthetic sensibility in all creative people. Pick it up, because its lessons can and will help anyone making decisions and making things."
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4.0 out of 5 stars Simple and philosophical, 21 May 2007
By Nadia Al Hazmi (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia) - See all my reviews
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This was a very informative read, especially for someone like me, who thinks no deeper than 'how cute' the ipod looks and 'how many tasks' my funky mobile phone can do! Yet, oblivious to the majority of us, a lot of thought and accuracy go into technology and technological gadgets. This book presents us with 10 laws to seeing, doing and thinking things simple. Most references are to devices we use everyday without too much thought. John Maeda writes very well and very clearly, he has the stamp of an MIT professor! Yet what I probably enjoyed the most was his sometimes abstract way of writing which made me feel like I was watching an abstract piece of art that gave some space to my personal interpretation. A good book I recomend to anyone who wants to explore something 'different'!
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3.0 out of 5 stars fur coat and no knickers, 29 Oct 2007
this is such a beautifully presented little book - which is the only reason it got 3 stars - i will treasure it for its physical attributes for sure - BUT - it is extremely thin on content
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2.0 out of 5 stars Nearly useful book, 19 Jan 2008
By Prof L. S. Smith "DaProf" (Scotland) - See all my reviews
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The author tries to distil simplicity into a Japanese/zen concept, but doesn't manage. Pity: nice idea.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Nice to read, conscise
A nice to read book from John Maeda - as he mentioned on a short flight. Simplified approach to simplicity is nice and well organized thoughtful approach. Consciseness is a plus.
Published 2 months ago by Can Burak Bizer

4.0 out of 5 stars Not so simple after all...
John Maeda devoted 6 years of his research at MIT to the study of simplicity in technology and design, this book (along with his blog) organise his thoughts on the subject... Read more
Published 8 months ago by B. Simmonds

4.0 out of 5 stars My assumptions of this book were completely wrong...
I had assumed it would give me detailed guidance on how to simplify the designs I undertake and maybe even my life in general. Read more
Published 10 months ago by D. Nelson

5.0 out of 5 stars Helpful guide on how to incorporate simplicity into your product planning
The poet William Wordsworth once wrote, "The world is too much with us." If this was true in the bucolic 18th and 19th centuries when Wordsworth lived, it is even more true today,... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Rolf Dobelli

5.0 out of 5 stars Getting to "the other side of complexity"

Almost immediately after I began to read this book, I was reminded of two quotations, the first from Oliver Wendell Holmes: "I do not care a fig for simplicity this side of... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Robert Morris

1.0 out of 5 stars An overcomplicated look at simplicity
I am a big fan of simplicity, and use it all of the time. This book is overcomplicated in explaining the subject, and did not give me any insight that helps. Read more
Published on 8 Oct 2007 by Lateral Reader

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