The Laws of Simplicity: Design, Technology, Business, Life by John Maeda

Posted at 4:37 PM on Thursday, February 07, 2008

Usually when I buy a book online I can tell you who recommended it or how I came to click the buy button. I can't give you that back story on this book, but I can say how glad I am that I made the choice to buy.

This book looks at the complex topic of simplicity and does so in an elegant way. The author is the head of the MIT Simplicity Consortium and so from that perspective he has been thinking about simplicity for some time. And he has thought about it from a variety of perspectives. That focus and broad perspective makes this book exceedingly valuable.

It isn't a book about simplifying your life, organizing your projects more effectively or creating simpler products, though lessons abound in this slim volume for those endeavors and many more.

The book focuses on 10 laws that apply across the landscape of life. Perhaps the highest praise I can give the book is that throughout this week when working with clients I have quoted ideas and concepts from it often, and in every case it made the other person stop, think and then smile. More than one person wanted a copy of the list of the ten laws as well.

I believe this will be one of the most thought provoking and useful books I will read this year. As opposed to a checklist of specific things to do in a given situation, it focuses on laws and gives just enough guidance to help you thoughtfully apply the lessons.

If you can’t tell, I love this book and I recommend it to you highly.

Learn more and make your purchase at Amazon.com.

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