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What I always admire in past designs is the very evident art of moderation that has gone into them. A sense of balance and proportion is the most striking feature of any proved design. Everything is well ordered, equally removed from niggardly penny-pinching and extravagance. The experienced designer is not willingly pushed to extremes in any direction; the ‘golden mean’ is usually most successful in the end.
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Leyer, A. (1974). The art of moderation. In: Urry, S. (eds) Machine Design. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6006-3_7
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