Minimalissimo Weekly Edit
Minimalissimo in Design
Hello. I hope you’ve had a good week. I’m pleased to say we are on track with the next print magazine. We are now looking to finalise our features, which we will be doing over the course of next week. Then the fun begins—the design! We have a few wild ideas brewing, especially for the cover, but there are a few things we need to keep in mind. Like costs. Anyway, besides this, next week we will be announcing the availability of some other super reading material you can get stuck into, along with a handful of beautiful features that we will publish on the site, starting with a Carlos Ferrater design tomorrow.
Our features over the past week include visit to Bandung to celebrate the clever open-plan architectural design of a small residence by DUA Studio. We also visit the Swiss city of Lausanne to admire the grand design of the MCBA art museum by Barozzi Veiga, and in our featured mood, we go brutalist—showcasing Hermann August Weizenegger’s X-Chair design. Have a read, take it slow, and enjoy your Sunday.
— Carl Barenbrug, Creative Director
Features
4 x 6 x 6 House
Located in the Indonesian city of Bandung, sitting snuggly in a densely populated residential area, is the 4 x 6 x 6 House designed by DUA Studio. The small house is an exploration of living experience in an environment where space is highly limited and introduces an experimental approach to architecture with a minimalist sensibility.
Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts (MCBA)
MCBA is an interpretation of a renewed train station with remnants of time presented in physical forms—arched windows, elongated halls, generous heights, and direct circulation pathways. All of these elements are stripped from their decorative nature and re-presented through grey hues of plaster and terrazzo in an organic manner.
From the Archive
Dunes: Landscapes Evolving
A beautiful series by American photographer and filmmaker Drew Doggett. His practice is characterised by a rigorous black and white palette and a good eye for form and composition. Dunes: Landscapes Evolving is a minimalist look at the incredible sand dunes of Sossusvlei, Namibia and the extraordinary abstract qualities obtained through Doggett’s lens.
Mood
Berlin Brutal
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