I was told that my description of simplicity would be confusing to non-designers and non-nerds.

Here’s another way to say it…

If a person can say all 5 of these statements about a design, they will call the design “simple”:

1. “This is a __________________ .”
2. “It is good for __________________ .”
3. “Everything I need/want is here.”
4. “It has no extra crap I don’t need/want.”
5. “Everything here makes perfect sense.”