Type 2 Journal Entry

Outline of Laws of Simplicity:

• When in doubt, just remove.
• Organization makes a system of many appear fewer.
• Savings in time feel like simplicity.
• Knowledge makes everything simpler
  
• Simplicity and complexity need each other.
• Simplicity is about subtracting the obvious, and adding the meaningful.
  

While reading the Laws of Simplicity it reminded me of the Gestalt principles, especially closure.
I found the statement about simplicity and complexity needing each other to be very true. We wouldn't know what was simple without have complex and chaotic things. Just like seeing how big something is depends on how small the object next to it is.

John Maeda is a graphic designer who really believes in simplicity. He established the Design by Numbers project. He was considered one of the 21 most important people for the twenty-first century by Esquire magazine. He is not only a designer but an author of at least four books.