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matthew e . may

matthew e . may. designing. e legant s olutions. the question. What are elegant solutions, why do they matter, and how do you create them?. What elegance isn’t. Confusing Excessive Wasteful Unnatural Hazardous Hard to use Ugly. l essons from my journey…. …in search of elegance.

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  1. matthew e. may designing elegant solutions

  2. the question What are elegant solutions, why do they matter, and how do you create them?

  3. Whateleganceisn’t Confusing Excessive Wasteful Unnatural Hazardous Hard to use Ugly

  4. lessons from my journey… …in search of elegance

  5. Stop doing “ A great piece of art is composed of not just what is in the final piece, but equally what is not. “ Jim Collins

  6. elements of elegance “ Symmetrical, spare, pleasingly memorable, with the ease and immortal ring of an E=mc2. “ Donald Knuth The Art of Computer Programming

  7. Sudoku Symmetry Seduction Subtraction Sustainability

  8. design lesson #1 What isn’t there can often trump what is

  9. design lesson #1 What isn’t there can often trump what is

  10. Old idea, still radical Thirty spokes share the wheel’s hub, It is the center hole that makes it useful. Shape clay into a vessel, It is the space within that makes it useful. Cut doors and windows for a room, It is the holes which make it useful. Therefore profit comes from what is there, Usefulness from what is not there. Lao Tzu

  11. design lesson #2 The simplest rules create the most effective order

  12. design lesson #3 Limiting information seduces,creates curiosity and intrigue

  13. design lesson #3 Limiting information seduces,creates curiosity and intrigue

  14. design lesson #4 Restraint opens the door for collaboration and user-created value

  15. design lesson #4 Restraint opens the door for collaboration and user-created value

  16. design lesson#5 Resource constraints spur sustainable innovation

  17. design lesson#5 Resource constraints spur sustainable innovation

  18. design lesson#6 Doing something isn’t always better than doing nothing

  19. Whatisan elegant solution? maximum effect through minimum means (uncommon simplicity + surprising impact)

  20. Creativity driven by clear constraints… …is the path to elegant solutions

  21. What does it take to implement… 1,000,000 elegant solutions/year?

  22. design lesson #7 Defineinnovationfor the everyman “Innovation is figuring out a way to do something better than it’s ever been done before.”David Neeleman, Founder, JetBlue

  23. design lesson#8 think and learn like children: observe & experiment

  24. observe first,design second “ If we observed first, designed second, we wouldn’t need most of the things we build. XI + I = X “ Ben Hamilton-Baillie Urban designer, shared space

  25. design lesson#9 beware the four temptations of the innovator

  26. design lesson#10 Break is a big part of any breakthrough

  27. simplicityto die for “ I would not give a fig for simplicity this side of complexity, but I would give my life for simplicity on the other side of complexity. “ Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

  28. shibumi “ Innovation requires chasing perfection, but the elegance of a solution will often lie in brilliant imperfection. “ Me

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