Japan design concepts

Interesting design concepts of Japan:

1. Heisei - The peacefull mind
   
2. Kaizen - Striving for perfection
   
3. Kanso - Getting more with less
   
4. Kessaku - Creating masterpieces
   
5. Makoto - Building sincerity into products
   
6. Meisho / Deshi - Master / Apprentice approach
   
7. Mono-no-Aware - Things that touch the heart
   
8. Mushin - The power of the empty mind
   
9. Myo - The ultimate quality of beauty
   
10. Shibui - Eliminating the unessential
    
11. Shizenbi - Nature's standard of beauty
    
12. Zen - Recognizing reality

Source:

Elements of Japanese design

Boye Lafayette De Mente

Tuttle

ISBN: 978-080483749-1

10 laws of simplicity

10 laws of simplicity

1. Reduce

The simplest way to achieve simplicity is through thoughtful reduction.

2. Organize

Organization makes a system of many appear fewer.

3. Time

Savings in time feel like simplicity.

4. Learn

Knowledge makes everything simpler.

5. Differences

Simplicity and complexity need each other.

6. Context

What lies in the periphery of simplicity is definitely not peripheral.

7. Emotion

More emotions are better than less.

8. Trust

In simplicity we trust.

9. Failure

Some things can never be made simple.

10. The One

Simplicity is about subtracting the obvious, and adding the meaningful.

Source:

The laws of simplicity

John Maeda

Starbucks customer journey

Source:

Experience design languages

John Rheinfrank and Shelley Evenson

Interaction Design Institute Ivrea