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A presentation on why simplicity is important and how it can be achieved.
It was inspired by John Maeda's fantastic book The Laws of Simplicity, edited by MIT Press. If you have the chance please read it.
EDIT: You may want to download the original file as it loses considerable detail during conversion.
What is simplicity? How do I identify it? Brady Bonus breaks down optimally executed simplicity in all media, and walks you through an methodology to apply it to any process yourself.
A presentation on why simplicity is important and how it can be achieved.
It was inspired by John Maeda's fantastic book The Laws of Simplicity, edited by MIT Press. If you have the chance please read it.
EDIT: You may want to download the original file as it loses considerable detail during conversion.
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20. John Maeda, author of
The Laws of Simplicity,
gives some advice on
how to declutter life and
make it a worthwhile
experience.
21. John Maeda, author of
The Laws of Simplicity,
gives some advice on
how to declutter life and
make it a worthwhile
experience.
Here are 5 of those laws
22. The simplest way to achieve simplicity
1 is through thoughtful reduction.
45. 1 The simplest way to achieve simplicity is through thoughtful reduction.
2 Organization makes a system of many appear fewer.
3 Savings in time feel like simplicity.
4 Knowledge makes everything simpler.
5 Some things can never be made simple
46. 1 The simplest way to achieve simplicity is through thoughtful reduction.
2 All too complicated, perhaps?
Organization makes a system of many appear fewer.
3 Savings in time feel like simplicity.
4 Don’t worry.
Knowledge makes everything simpler.
5 Some It allcan never be made simple to this:
things comes down
50. Want to learn the remaining secrets of simplicity?
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51. Images used in this presentation and their talented authors
1 – Attention Tree! – by Philipp Klinger
3 – County bubbles - by Ethan Hein
4 – Maze Wallpaper Green – by Tiger Pixel
5 – Cable Confusion - by e-magic
6 – four-leaf clover – by Scyza
9 – Mirror, Mirror, in the Ball – by Daniel Conway
12 – Computers – by coolpix
16 – Weird Cube – by Cieleke
17 – Eye Am Feeling Silly – by Cayusa
18 – Gear Work 2 – by Curious Expeditions
19 – Sign 4: stop – by brokenarts
22 – Desktop marauder – by Brintam
26 – 19th February 2005 – by Paul Watson
32 – 14:47 – by Emborg
33 – Birds – by djayo
34 – Nighty Night Time – by Cvalentine
37 – Light bulb 2 – by brokenarts
37 – Levitation 5 – by bizior
38 – screw 1 – by lusi
38 – screwdriver – by brokenarts
41 – Juggler – by Helico
42 – iphone to infinity for righty's – by K!T
44 – Mediterranean beach – by pale