Simplicity

Take a moment to watch this video of John Maeda (of MIT Media Lab fame, now President of my alma mater, RISD) speaking at the TED conference about simplicity patterns. I really enjoy Maeda's whimsical take on simplicity in our lives (you'll see what I mean).



This reminds me of a slogan that we say here at Newfangled - sometimes sarcastically, sometimes in a celebratory way - "Another day, another rectangle," which points out that, from a design perspective, sometimes websites are just rectangles. It's that simple ;-)



Also, for you TED enthusiasts out there, here's an interesting take from this week's New York Times Magazine: Confessions of a TED Addict.