MINIMALISSIMO EDITED
I like simple quality which works well and lasts. Things don’t even need to be beautiful, just not ugly. It seems so easy and obvious to me and yet it is hard to find products which fulfil those criteria.
– Matthew Hilton
What's happening?
Hello. I'm playing catch up after skipping last week's letter, but our curation kept rolling so there's plenty to recap here. What's new with Mimo? Well, not a lot outside of the daily publications, but that's mainly because I've been sidelined recently with other product design work and summer activities. Yet, we're seeing some small progress on a big project that's in development. Stay tuned on that. I also started a Telegram group a while ago where we periodically discuss minimal design ideas. It might be fun to grow and to use it as a feedback tool and for others to use it similarly for their own benefit. If you want to join, just let me know by replying to this email. I'd just like to know who's joining before sharing an invite. Now let's have a look at some recent features.
– Carl
Features
HOUSE GIACOMELLI SCHMID
Hard shell, soft core; a three-storey detached house designed by CAMINADA with an almost square floor plan and steep gable roof. Precisely placed in the environment. House Giacomelli Schmid is located in Trin Mulin, Switzerland in the middle of randomly arranged single-family houses. The minimalist structure consists of load-bearing exterior walls as well as semi-storey overstretched concrete ceilings.
SHADES OF MARCO SIRONI
Italian product designer and architect Marco Sironi’s rigorous approach to design involves a focus on usability and formal value, whatever the scale of the project. His attention to detail, as well as to the quality of the material used and technical process, is apparent in his collection of tableware for glassware specialists Ichendorf Milano.
SERVICE BUILDING KREUZBERGPASS
Designed by Italian architects Pedevilla, the building is in the form of a mountain peak. The steep and high gable roof, which stands across the road, strengthens visibility from afar, making the new building an important landmark. The low canopy reduces the external appearance when getting closer and underlines the function as a service building. It looks inviting and pleasantly protective.
UNION STREET RESIDENCE
The Union Street residence is an extension to the rear of a single-fronted, fully attached workers cottage in Northcote, Australia. It was designed by Prior Barraclough. The interior space applies minimalism throughout, aided by the dominant use of hardwood timber that conceals all ancillary functions also giving it an abstract quality. The timber is articulated by a strict and consistent grid of expressed joints, which through their repetition conceal all doors and provide visitors with a sense of intrigue and surprise as they move through and occupy the house.
KOMED CHAIR
This timeless and minimalist lounge chair was designed in 1997 by Marc Newson. The chair has a painted steel structure, and an injection-moulded polyurethane seat upholstered in leather or fabric in various solid colours. The base acts as the internal structure of the chair. What gives the Komed chair its character is the fact that the seat part is both horizontally and vertically symmetrical.
RB03 BENCH
Made by French designer and Rotterdam-based Johan Viladrich, RB03 is a brutal assemblage of six standard aluminium profiles forming the fundamental structure of a bench and finished with light brushing and clear anodising. This composition is held together with tailor made rubber bands whose tension and elasticity contrast with the hard and static forms of the aluminium profiles.
HOLA CLOCK
Originally introduced in 1988, the simple HOLA clock from Japanese designer Kazuo Kawasaki made waves with its understated design but modern and creative concept. The timepiece became a huge success and found its way into the permanent collections of prestigious museums like MoMa and the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum.
Supply spotlight
minimal design made to own (and made by us):
M–SLM–613: DESKTOP
A collaborative project between Minimalissimo and Studio Lenzing, SLM 613 is a collection of 15 light and dark desktop wallpapers with a minimal design language and include dynamic versions that change automatically throughout the day.
Where next?
Discovery
other things for you to read, explore, and maybe even admire:
all the architects: this is our secret weapon for curating such high quality architecture on Minimalissimo
sudo: no idea what this is, but I'm definitely curious (if you can enlighten me, please do)
an idea for a website: a fun and random series of suggestions (if you try one, show me)
reflect: a website blocker for the productive
recommended mix: PHAT IN THE FLAT W/ WITNESS THE FITNESS (and follow our Soundcloud)
This monthly edition of the Minimalissimo newsletter was supported by aprile, the hanging chair
inspired by spring days and designed by Matteo Modica, aprile is a simple suspended chair that oozes elegance—a floating seat, shaped after spring petals, swinging gently. designed and handcrafted in Italy with artisanal love.
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