The best way to answer difficult questions is to avoid the need to ask them.
Ken Kocienda
Software engineer and designer who worked for Apple for over fifteen years. Ken worked on the software teams that created the Safari web browser, iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch.
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The push for simplicity has a purpose. Stripping away non-essential features makes products easier for people to learn from the start and easier to use over time.
Ken Kocienda
Software engineer and designer who worked for Apple for over fifteen years. Ken worked on the software teams that created the Safari web browser, iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch.
Product Design
Simplicity
Usability
Sometimes, it’s necessary to develop new language to express what we’re trying to achieve. How else could a designer communicate a vision to their team or to investors if the technology doesn’t exist yet?
Alan Moore
A British designer, artist, and entrepreneur. Advised companies such as Hewlett Packard, Microsoft, and Coca Cola.
Communication
Design Thinking
What do people mean when they ask for simplicity? They want the simplicity of one-button operation, but with all of their favourite features. It simply is not possible.
Donald A. Norman
An American researcher, professor, and author (The Design of Everyday Things). As Apple’s User Experience Architect (90's), he became the first person to have UX in his job title.
Life is Complex
Simplicity
The difference between a good designer and a great designer is in their ability to articulate how their solution solves the problem in a way that’s compelling, fosters agreement, and gets the support needed to move forward.
Tom Greever
An experienced product and design leader with a successful track record leading product and UX design teams from strategy to delivery. Author of the book Articulating Design Decisions.