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September 25, 2006
John Maeda's Simplicity
I found the text more influential than being a reference, because I think that a lot of technological and financial/marketing issues are not considered in the text. It seems like his writings are only focused on the unlimited design flexibility. However, usually technology is something that drives the design towards a direction. There were no touch'n'roll (ipod) style controls before that, so this design is something that comes with new technology.
Also, he considers the latest ipod as the best design (I think the first one is better), but he never touches the numbers: how many did it sell? Did how many people buy the complex remote controls instead of simple ones? Same with the phones, too. Sometimes the most popular one might not be the one that makes the real numbers. So I was looking for some proof for his thesis on simplicity on design. Also, I didn't find the dots representation and the controls resemblence that real.
"SHE" idea is cool though, it samples the basic three thinks that is really influential in design process. More they suit with the technology and manufacturing, better the product becomes.
Posted by Mehmet Ascioglu at September 25, 2006 02:10 PM