Here is my analysis: The concept the writer illustrates in this article is interesting because year after year, ideas manifested from the past provide valuable insight, like building blocks, to how we can design new ideas on top of the old. On a personal note however, I think it is as important to be able to find ideas out of simplicity as well rather than adding onto the old. One fairly recent example is in the 1990’s, mp3 players were bulgy devices that came in all sorts of styles and colors. The more the better, the bigger the better right? Not necessarily. When Steve Jobs designed the iPod, it was simply a white rectangle box with a circle in the middle. Who would have guessed. On Steven Spielberg’s Back to the Future, their idea of the future consisted of magnificently ostentation plastic clothing, bright flashing devices and noisy, bleeping house appliances. It is nothing like the world we live in today. The most prized futuristic houses are simple and clean.
The approach on today’s style has seemed to play more along the lines of simplicity and convenience rather than adding more on top of the old. As Leonardo da Vinci once said, “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” That is not to say, the story about the scholar who designed the orthodontic teeth cement after studying corals is not wonderful. It makes sense how different elements, physical and abstract ideas, can be combined in different combinations to create something completely new.
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