{"id":19844,"date":"2014-04-21T18:01:23","date_gmt":"2014-04-21T10:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/?p=19844"},"modified":"2024-08-07T17:18:14","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T09:18:14","slug":"is-less-always-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/is-less-always-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Discover the Truth About Minimalism in Design"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve been told time and time again that simple design is better than complex design. Everyone from Seth Godin to Steve Jobs has expressed their feelings on the matter, and the consensus seems to be that <strong>true simplicity and minimalism are the way to go<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Remove everything that doesn\u2019t absolutely need to be there, and you will inevitably arrive at the perfect design. But is that always true? We\u2019re going to test this theory of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/clean-simple-minimalist-website-design\/\">less is more<\/a>, and get to the bottom of why it\u2019s so <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/universal-design-problems\/\">universally accepted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ref-block ref-block--post\" id=\"ref-post-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/white-space-design\/\" class=\"ref-block__link\" title=\"Read More: A New Way of Thinking About White Space\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A New Way of Thinking About White Space<\/span><\/a>\n<div class=\"ref-block__thumbnail img-thumb img-thumb--jumbo\" data-img='{ \"src\" : \"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/white-space-design.jpg\" }'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<noscript>\n<style>.no-js #ref-block-post-17498 .ref-block__thumbnail { background-image: url(\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/white-space-design.jpg\"); }<\/style>\n<\/noscript>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"ref-block__summary\">\n<h4 class=\"ref-title\">A New Way of Thinking About White Space<\/h4>\n<p class=\"ref-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tUncover the secrets of white space in web design. Discover its influence from Bauhaus and Eastern art, and...\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Read more<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Eliminate What Doesn\u2019t Work?<\/h2>\n<p>It\u2019s definitely true that removing elements of a design that aren\u2019t fitting in with the end goal is the best, most obvious way to simplify a design. But what does that mean, exactly? Does it mean you should just keep taking things out until there\u2019s only the bare minimum left?<\/p>\n<p><strong>How do you know when to stop removing design elements?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Richard Seymour of Seymourpowell argues that design is more than simply a mechanical game of addition and subtraction. \u201cYou shouldn\u2019t be putting more into something than it needs,\u201d Seymour explains in the Design Insights video series. \u201cBut the fact is, the need may be an emotional need.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What Seymour is getting at is that sometimes what doesn\u2019t seem to \u201cwork\u201d from a pure design perspective may actually be vital <strong>from a psychological perspective<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>Simple vs. Easy<\/h2>\n<p>Take, for example, your favorite web browser. I\u2019m going to go out on a limb here and assume that, for the majority of you, that will be either <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.netmarketshare.com\/browser-market-share.aspx?qprid=0&qpcustomd=0\">Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox<\/a>. Those are the two most widely used browsers in the world, but are they <strong>the most efficient from a design point of view<\/strong>?<\/p>\n<p>Well, no. Google\u2019s Chrome browser, I\u2019d argue, is probably the <strong>most streamlined in terms of design<\/strong> when it comes to mainstream browsers. But it\u2019s not the most popular browser, even though everybody who uses Google knows about it. There are <strong>certain features built<\/strong> into the IE and Firefox software that <strong>users are convinced they need and refuse to go without<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, they are necessary. <em>Emotionally<\/em> necessary.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ref-block ref-block--post\" id=\"ref-post-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/20-awesome-battle-of-the-browsers-artworks\/\" class=\"ref-block__link\" title=\"Read More: 20 Awesome \u201cBattle of the Browsers\u201d Artworks\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">20 Awesome \u201cBattle of the Browsers\u201d Artworks<\/span><\/a>\n<div class=\"ref-block__thumbnail img-thumb img-thumb--jumbo\" data-img='{ \"src\" : \"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/20-awesome-battle-of-the-browsers-artworks.jpg\" }'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<noscript>\n<style>.no-js #ref-block-post-13345 .ref-block__thumbnail { background-image: url(\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/20-awesome-battle-of-the-browsers-artworks.jpg\"); }<\/style>\n<\/noscript>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"ref-block__summary\">\n<h4 class=\"ref-title\">20 Awesome \u201cBattle of the Browsers\u201d Artworks<\/h4>\n<p class=\"ref-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThere was a time when Internet Explorer defeated Netscape and became the most famous (or most used) Internet...\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Read more<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>What Do They Need?<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Paying attention to your users\u2019 emotional needs<\/strong> is one of the most critical jobs you have as a designer. You need to be able to judge when a design should be reduced down to the barest elements <strong>without angering the vast majority of the people who are using it<\/strong>. Emotionally, they may need to have more options, even if it\u2019s not true. They may simply want <strong>the comfort of knowing<\/strong> that they have multiple ways of arriving at a solution.<\/p>\n<p>Think of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/heroes-of-photoshop\/\">Adobe Photoshop<\/a>. There are at least 10 different ways to do just about everything in that program, and the majority of its users wouldn\u2019t have it any other way. Think about what happens when Adobe makes just the slightest adjustment to one of its functions or tools. If you guessed \u201cmaniacal howls of protest\u201d, then you\u2019d be right.<\/p>\n<p>Even if the change is for the better, there will always be a vocal group of users who will violently protest it, <strong>purely for emotional reasons<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ref-block ref-block--post\" id=\"ref-post-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/emotional-design\/\" class=\"ref-block__link\" title=\"Read More: The Basics of Emotional Design\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Basics of Emotional Design<\/span><\/a>\n<div class=\"ref-block__thumbnail img-thumb img-thumb--jumbo\" data-img='{ \"src\" : \"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/emotional-design.jpg\" }'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<noscript>\n<style>.no-js #ref-block-post-16941 .ref-block__thumbnail { background-image: url(\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/emotional-design.jpg\"); }<\/style>\n<\/noscript>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"ref-block__summary\">\n<h4 class=\"ref-title\">The Basics of Emotional Design<\/h4>\n<p class=\"ref-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHave you ever thought what makes things 'good' or 'bad'? Why do people like one thing and hate...\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Read more<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>The Functionality Of Users\u2019 Needs<\/h2>\n<p>Do people need an absolute, bare bones interface? Do they need something that\u2019s so simple and elegant that it brings them to tears of joy every time they look at it? Or do they need something that does the job it needs to do \u2013 <strong>something that works?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You the designer may be viewing your design from an aesthetic perspective, but don\u2019t forget that (most of the time) your users are looking at it from a <strong>purely functional perspective<\/strong>. They are <strong>looking to <em>use<\/em> your design<\/strong>, not discuss its artistic merits.<\/p>\n<p>This is a very difficult lesson for even the most experienced designers to learn. How many times have you seen an award-winning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/advertising-war-campaigns-between-rivals\/\">ad campaign<\/a>, mobile app, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/designing-book-covers\/\">book cover design<\/a> and been <strong>completely perplexed as to how it solves any kind of design problem<\/strong>?<\/p>\n<div class=\"ref-block ref-block--post\" id=\"ref-post-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/creative-marketing-ad-campaigns\/\" class=\"ref-block__link\" title=\"Read More: 10 Creative Marketing Ad Campaigns You Have To Watch\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">10 Creative Marketing Ad Campaigns You Have To Watch<\/span><\/a>\n<div class=\"ref-block__thumbnail img-thumb img-thumb--jumbo\" data-img='{ \"src\" : \"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/creative-marketing-ad-campaigns.jpg\" }'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<noscript>\n<style>.no-js #ref-block-post-17768 .ref-block__thumbnail { background-image: url(\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/creative-marketing-ad-campaigns.jpg\"); }<\/style>\n<\/noscript>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"ref-block__summary\">\n<h4 class=\"ref-title\">10 Creative Marketing Ad Campaigns You Have To Watch<\/h4>\n<p class=\"ref-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tIt's the age of video, but not every day do you come across really good videos that you...\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Read more<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Sometimes, you may feel as though the design world <strong>rewards beauty over functionality<\/strong>, but the real proof of a design\u2019s success lies with the people it\u2019s supposed to be helping. The examples of gorgeously designed, award-winning failures in design history are numerous enough to fill entire volumes.<\/p>\n<h2>What Do You Think?<\/h2>\n<p>Do you think that simplicity and minimalism should be the <strong>end all, be all of a designer\u2019s creative vision<\/strong>? Are there other ways to approach design that truly <strong>value function over form<\/strong>, while still being considered \u201cgood design\u201d?<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve been told time and time again that simple design is better than complex design. Everyone from Seth Godin to Steve Jobs has expressed their feelings on the matter, and the consensus seems to be that true simplicity and minimalism are the way to go. 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