If anyone ever tryed to use the word elegant, in any way, shape or form, to describe me, I’d ask them what they were smoking.
Nevertheless, the concept is one that seems to have, inherent in its design, a certain kind of value.
From Wikipedia:
Elegance is the attribute of being unusually effective and simple.
Einstein points to this:
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.
It seems that the simple design allows the designer – and user – to focus on the essence of what is valued with the matter at hand….that fluff, pomp, and convolution are actually less effective toward the desired outcome.
In short, eliminate all distraction.