ross millar » design http://blog.rdmillar.com attempting to make pictures and write words. Tue, 27 Apr 2010 18:15:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 simple http://blog.rdmillar.com/2007/10/02/simple-2/ http://blog.rdmillar.com/2007/10/02/simple-2/#comments Wed, 03 Oct 2007 00:24:17 +0000 ross millar http://blog.rdmillar.com/2007/10/02/simple-2/ Awhile back I wrote this post on simplicity. John Maeda gives a great talk about his appropriately simple analysis of the subject:

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]]> http://blog.rdmillar.com/2007/05/28/a-new-blog-is-born/feed/ 0 simple http://blog.rdmillar.com/2007/04/27/simple/ http://blog.rdmillar.com/2007/04/27/simple/#comments Sat, 28 Apr 2007 02:03:58 +0000 ross millar http://blog.rdmillar.com/2007/04/27/simple/ I’ve long held the belief that simplicity is the key to good design & engineering. This does not mean simple equals useless. My favorite Einstein quote sums it up quite well “Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.” I often find it is much harder to simplify, rather than complicate. I say, simplify for the challange.

37signals has based their business model on simple. Brilliant. In evaluating their philosophy, I came to realize that simple can really be applied to more than design, here it is applied to business. Why not entertainment? Why not taste? Why not style? Why not life? Why not?

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