Good Design Is as Little Design as Possible

I'm pretty frustrated by the notion that design = minimalism. There is a time and a place for minimal design, but I don't believe that everything has to be that way. sure, minimalism is great in a marketing landing page, but in a house? in a car? Decoration is a key area of expression for a maker or builder, and not everything must be of purely functional purpose. Looking good is a legitimate purpose, also.

And, on digital devices, I think we've gone too far toward minimal with ultra-thin fonts, buttons with no indication of whether they are actual buttons, buttons that don't show whether they're pressed (the shift key on iOS), etc. there is a point when "minimal" becomes "too little", rather than "as little as possible".

1 button mouse ftw!