Simple/Complex

Nokia anthropologist and UI connoisseur Jan Chipchase highlights a lightswitch in Japan that masks its own complexity with an simple cover to shield the user from all the settings.

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Over here in India, though, complexity is the new simplicity.

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(Photo from our apartment.)

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