READING: The Laws of Simplicity; John Maeda
• Intro and Law 10 – The One– http://lawsofsimplicity.com/2006/07/23/law-10-the-one/
Reading Quiz
Answer the following questions as succinctly as possible in your own words10 mins: Cut & paste into your blog and start answers / 10 mins: Open discussion
1. What does Maeda call the 3 keys?
- Away Key - more appears less when far away, e.g. take a step back
- Open Key - openness simplifies complexity, openness helps you to understand a complex situation as you provide the answers when you are open- Power Key - use less, gain more i.e. use less technology gain more usefulness
2. Describe how you have used these in your work towards TEN SQUARED? Give
at least one example of each key.
- Away Key - I will use it for my cover page.
- Open Key - when the audience open my book and read more and more, they will get to know me more.
- Power Key - My pop up book use less technology but it look not simple.
3. Describe an incident in the production of TEN SQUARED where technology has
been an enabler…. and another where it has been a disabler!
4. At this stage in the exhibition process you are all working on some element or
process for the big event. List 3 things (in your current project) that you could
take away to simplify and one thing you could add for meaning.
I will simplify my work by decress unnecessary thing for my pop up.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dm429PsFa6s


wow - out of control
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