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10 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-16625725
11 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17658264
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17 Ibid. p. 157
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3 Maeda, J. (2006) The Laws of Simplicity, Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, p. 1
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7 Neuhart, J., Neuhart, M., et al. (1989) Eames Design, New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., p. 15
8 Jenson, S. (2002) The Simplicity Shift, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 14–16.
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6 Ibid. p. 66
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13 Evans, D. (2001) Emotion – A Very Short Introduction, Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 77
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