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Laws of simplicity

fridayafternoonwriter wrote 6 days ago: Maeda’s book is in keeping with one of his own tenets: don’t make things too long or overly comp … more »

Tags: Book Review, Why, Usability, Communication, Questions, Laws of Simplicity, applying principles

the laws of simplicity book review

blackbox wrote 2 weeks ago: i have to admit that the cover and the book binding drove me to buy this book. i was also obviously … more »

Tags: Books, simplicity

Shrimp Shumai

Manager wrote 2 weeks ago: 100% shrimp shumai - carefully made piece by piece Shumai is a Chinese dumpling adopted into Japane … more »

Tags: Current Specials, シュウマイ, CT, dumpling, Maeda Sushi, shumai, simsbury, 前田鮨, 前菜

Infinite Loops1 comment

Ted Simpson wrote 3 weeks ago: Speaking of loops, John Maeda wrote recently on infinite loops over at Our (and Your) RISD. He pos … more »

Tags: Design, Information, technology, risd

Aikora

sakuramochi wrote 1 month ago: When he was just a child, Hachibe Maeda had been fond of Sunny, an anime character. He builds his m … more »

Tags: manga, Shoujo, Shonen, Love, Love & Collage, collage, inoue kazurou, Aikora, Hachibe

Simplexity & Registration1 comment

mvsuriano wrote 2 months ago: Reading John Maeda’s book Simplicity was very telling about our nature as humans. Our lives a … more »

Tags: Architecture General, Architecture, Formal, herzog, SCI-Arc, simplicity

Drama-rama

Penelope Smallbone wrote 2 months ago: For the past few months I haven’t been as up-beat as usual. I’ve been in a slump creativ … more »

Tags: Relationships, change, Life, Drama, boys, Growing Up, simplicity, pneumonia, busy

Maeda

d2theb wrote 3 months ago: Loving the work of john maeda at the moment. His book maeda@media is full of beautiful, intricate ye … more »

Tags: Major Project, Rand

BP, Santelisa Vale and Maeda Groups' $1bn Biofuels initiative3 comments

Oil Energy Me wrote 3 months ago: BP will join forces with Brazilian firms Maeda Group (MG), a major cotton producer, and sugarcane cr … more »

Tags: BP, Brazil, Business, ethanol, fuel, Oil, Renewable, Santelisa Vale, Sugarcane

What do I want to be?

OddTag wrote 4 months ago: txt: john Maeda - simplicity April 21, 2007 Think-Make-Think I’m Board Mondrian was an electri … more »

Tags: Culture, technology, simplicity, Think

Omakase Sashimi & Kurashizuku - お任せ刺身&菊盛蔵雫

Manager wrote 4 months ago: O-mah-kah-say means “to entrust” in Japanese. Let Maeda select the best of all his fish with no … more »

Tags: Entree, connecticut, 菊盛, 蔵雫, kikusakari, kurashizuku, nigori, Omakase, Sake

Sashimi Salad - 新鮮魚の梅ソース和え

Manager wrote 5 months ago: There are plenty of possibilities within the tradition of Japanese cuisine to make something … more »

Tags: Current Specials, Appetizer, connecticut, simsbury, sour plum, Sushi, 前田鮨, 前田保夫, 梅ソース

Ginger - gari, ガリ

Manager wrote 5 months ago:     There is always a small pile of pickled ginger – called “gari” in Japanese – acco … more »

Tags: Sushi Ingredients, tradition, ガリ, connecticut, 鮨職人の仕事, Ginger, Hartford, Japanese, pickled

Yubihuki - 指拭き、茶布巾4 comments

Manager wrote 6 months ago:   When you sit down at Maeda Sushi Restaurant, a server will hand you an oshibori, a moist, warm to … more »

Tags: tradition, CT, simsbury, Sushi, Maeda Sushi, connecticut, oshibori, yubihuki, sushi bar etiquette

Maeda Special Sushi - 特上寿司

Manager wrote 6 months ago: Ten pieces of sushi and a Tuna Roll… Depending on seasonal availability, it usually consists of … more »

Tags: Entree, Akami, botan ebi sushi, connecticut, CT, egg sushi, fatty tuna, fluke sushi, Gări

Deluxe Sushi - 上寿司

Manager wrote 6 months ago: Nine pieces of sushi and a Tuna Roll… Depending on seasonal availability, it usually consists of: … more »

Tags: Entree, CT, simsbury, Sushi, Maeda Sushi, connecticut, Tuna, Toro, fatty tuna

Chu-Toro - Medium Fatty Tuna2 comments

Manager wrote 6 months ago:   Chu-Toro is the moderately fat meat of a tuna.  A blue fin tuna yields Akami (red meat), Chu-To … more »

Tags: Sushi Ingredients, Tuna, CT, simsbury, Sushi, Maeda Sushi, connecticut, chu-toro, medium fatty tuna

Simplicity1 comment

alfredomc wrote 9 months ago: This is something I have written on ten pages A4, taped to the wall opposite my desk, to create a ve … more »

Tags: Quick Tools, Failure, Planning, Project, Trust, simplicity, TOTEM, concreteness, Result