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coming back after years and reading it again, I wanted to make it a bit more clear.
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In design, this is often viewed as unnecessary ornamentation.

  1. Is it necessary?
  2. No?
  3. Then it's unnecessary.

Additional elements should only be added with a purpose. To draw the viewers attention, to make them feel a certain way, to create a composition that makes the information more easily readable, etc. andare all valid purposes. But it should never be an end in itself.

In design, this is often viewed as unnecessary ornamentation.

  1. Is it necessary?
  2. No?
  3. Then it's unnecessary.

Additional elements should only be added with a purpose. To draw the viewers attention, to make them feel a certain way, to create a composition that makes the information more easily readable, etc. and should never be an end in itself.

In design, this is often viewed as unnecessary ornamentation.

  1. Is it necessary?
  2. No?
  3. Then it's unnecessary.

Additional elements should only be added with a purpose. To draw the viewers attention, to make them feel a certain way, to create a composition that makes the information more easily readable, etc. are all valid purposes. But it should never be an end in itself.

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In design, this is often viewed as unnecessary ornamentation.

  1. Is it necessary?
  2. No?
  3. Then it's unnecessary.

Additional elements should only be added with a purpose. To draw the viewers attention, to make them feel a certain way, to create a composition that makes the information more easily readable, etc. and should never be an end in itself.