Don’t oversimplify designs: how to work around complexity with Tesler’s law

Oversimplifying design results in unhappy Engineers and confused users

I got my first taste of Tesler’s Law when my designs were rejected for being “Too Simple.”

As a Designer, it sounds weird to hear that. We often aim for designs that are “Simple, intuitive, and easy to use.” Yet not only can you oversimplify a design: but doing so can harm the user experience and shove complexity onto other people.