Paperclip Principle
January18
Paperclip principle is a minimalist design principle for developing software user interfaces. The Paperclip principle is inspired by the most popular kind of Paper clip. The GEM Paper clip, out of more than 40 different kinds of Paper-clip became popular and is still in use.
The fact that the GEM Paper-clip, inspite of made of wire, have rounded edges, which makes it look smooth and harmless, is easily understandable and use, makes it a great case study for user interfaces. The Paperclip Principle is based on the assumption that
”Most effective designs are least complicated”
This can be proved using a number of popular examples currently available, user interfaces for desktop applications, web applications as well as mobile applications.
To apply Paperclip principle to a user interface design, you need to take care of only three things:
Make the user interface:
* Easy to Look at
* Easy to Understand
* Easy to Use
reference: Paper-clips at Office Museum
