While reading the most recent emailed edition of MAKE
magazine’s TNT (Tools-N-Tips), came across this great piece copied below
concerning elegance in design which really applies to submersible design.
The book in digital form is free at www.lulu.com
otherwise about $6 in paperback. Anyone that has difficulty in
downloading the book please let me know and I will forward a copy.
R/Jay
Respectfully,
Jay
K. Jeffries
Andros
Is., Bahamas
A
skimmer afloat is but a submarine, so poorly built it will not plunge.
The Simplicity Cycle
Reviewed by Gabe Mounce
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I’d like to recommend for you’re consideration a new book, from the
author Dan Ward, on simplicity and complexity titled: The Simplicity Cycle
(published under The Rogue Press at LuLu.com.)
This book fleshes out a concept that so many engineers, scientists, and
designers seem to understand, but never know how to communicate: elegance in
design! The premise of the book is that “goodness” (functionality
or utility in engineering, beauty in art, understanding in science) is a result
of genesis and synthesis, NOT adding layers and layers of complicated-ness. I
personally think the book describes very organically how real, useful design
and creation comes about. Even more so, I think the book calls into plain sight
the white elephant sitting in the middle of the room ….. bigheaded,
complicated thought is really wrong-mindedness, and not very useful.
For me, do-it-yourself design, at its core, is elegant. I’ve found that
“ballparking” or “eyeballing” some aspect of a project
gets me just as close to a workable solution as hours and hours spent finely
tuning and laser measuring. Therefore, the idea of simplicity resonated very
much with me.
The layers of understanding that flow from the concept in this book are
funky-fresh, just like imaginary ogres: pungent as an onion (without all that
bitterness). Your readers should really check this book out. Most will find it
right in line with their do-it-yourself attitude. It will only enhance what
they already do!
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