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Law 1: Reduce
The simplest way to achieve simplicity is through thoughtful reduction.

Law 2: Organize
Organization makes a system of many appear fewer.

Law 3: Time
Savings in time feel like simplicity.

Law 4: Learn
Knowledge makes everything simpler.

Law 5: Differences
Simplicity and complexity need each other.

Law 6: Context
What lies in the periphery of simplicity is definitely not peripheral.

Law 7: Emotion
More emotions are better than less.

Law 8: Trust
In simplicity we trust.

Law 9: Failure
Some things can never be made simple.

Law 10: The One
Simplicity is about subtracting the obvious, and adding the meaningful.

If you read posts on InfoDesign, there are some threads about simplicity and complexity.

“In Favour of Complexity”
“Simplicity in Your Mind”
“Simplicity: The Distribution of Complexity”
“The Complexity of Simplicity”
“The Beauty of Simplicity”
and many others…

The discussion on the topic of simplicity and complexity seems never end. People likes the complex sky with colorful cloud; driver likes to see the simple road sign; Apple designers can design iPod as simple as possible; but airplane engineers should never consider simplicity as their primary design goal. By this I mean there is no clear defination to tell us what we should do. Simplicity and complexity are both important in certain circumstance.

Here is the video by John Maeda about his simple life.