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Life’s been quite busy for me since I became the President of the Rhode Island School of Design. The Laws have been useful for me and I hope to be able to get my mind together in due time to share those experiences with you. Thank you for checking on this site periodically. It’s not over yet. Best regards, John Maeda

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I’ve always been a fan of the Muji brand. And I especially like how simply Muji expresses their point that achieving simplicity is deceptively complex because it is a thoughtful process.

 

I’m not a Buffettologist but this book might have become my first step towards that path. I particularly enjoyed No. 47:

In looking for someone to hire, you look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence, and energy. But the most important is integrity, because if they don’t have that, the other two qualities, intelligence and energy, are going to kill you.

Feels very the one-ish to me.

I enjoyed MobiusView’s simplication of the Laws as “simplify, learn, connect.” As my late mentor Paul Rand once said to me, “There’s nothing better than free advice.” (smile)

Hello, I still intend to blog here when my life gets organize-ed again. Until then please visit http://our.risd.edu where I am blogging. In addition I trickle some content to my blog at TR. Since Twitter-ing is easier than blogging I have started that. And if you are ever in Providence and want to go on a jog visit here. Thank you for visiting LOS, John