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the art of subtracting everything until only the unbreakable remains.
means the quality of being easy to understand or do, free from complication, fuss, or unnecessary parts.
from From Latin simplex, meaning 'single, plain, uncompounded' — a fusion of sim- (one, the same) and a root tied to plicare, 'to fold.' So simplicity is, at heart, something folded just once — a single layer, no hidden creases. The word reached English through Old French simplicite, carrying that ancient image of the unfolded and the unmultiplied.
- design law
- Dieter Rams listed it as principle ten of ten
- math echo
- Einstein wanted things simple, but not simpler
- latin root
- means 'one fold,' the opposite of duplicity
- hard work
- Pascal apologized for a long letter, lacking time to shorten it
- physics bias
- Occam's razor cuts toward the fewest assumptions
ikea furniture design — swedish company built $46b business on minimalist scandinavian design principles since 1943
apple iphone interface — single home button, minimal menu structure defined smartphone usability from 2007 onward
haiku poetry form — japanese 5-7-5 syllable format stripped poetry to essential imagery, dating to 17th century