Minimalissimo Weekly Edit
Minimalissimo in Design
Hello. I hope you've had a good week. This week I have been thinking about the pressures of running Minimalissimo and that most of those are set by me. So I am going to make a few minor adjustments to the way I manage the site. Specifically slowing down the weekly volume of features. I want myself and my team to spend more time researching and finding the best projects and designs to publish, rather than sticking to a strict 5-day schedule. Of course, we've enjoyed the creative challenge, but I think the time has come to focus more on quality than quantity. And I think you as a reader will value that more as well. As the great Dieter Rams often reminds us, "Less, but better."
Our features over the past week include a wide range of design styles. We return to the picturesque island of Santorini to celebrate the architecture and interior design of Kapsimalis' two new residences. We pay homage to the Italian master that is A G Fronzoni and his '64 lounge chair for Cappellini. And we enjoy a wonderful collection of minimal homewares by 101 Copenhagen in our featured mood. Have a read, take it slow, and enjoy your Sunday.
—Carl Barenbrug, Creative Director
Features
Half Space
Chinese studio Y. AN Design renovated a fifth storey attic as a way to re-ignite exchanging activities for the inhabitants. Repurposing unused space is a design methodology that's required with the rapid growth of population and all the problems that it has created. Although Half Space can be seen as a micro-scale project in this approach of solving housing issues, the project, along with many similar others, gives criticality to the current operation of constructing new space.
Two Residences in Imerovigli
Architecture firm, Kapsimalis, have designed two holiday residences located in the traditional village of Imerovigli, Santorini. They are parts of a single old house that was destroyed during the 1956 earthquake. The remaining caves inside the volcanic earth that used to compose the old house are reconstructed, keeping unchanged the initial architectural form.
Fronzoni '64 Lounge Chair
If you are unfamiliar with the work of A G Fronzoni, this is going to be a pretty good place to start. With its distinctive thin clean lines, the Fronzoni ’64 lounge chair features a rectilinear frame in squared tubular steel. Discreet, underside slats support a thin profile seat cushion expanse in polyurethane foam with two removable rectilinear squared bolsters that function as backrest cushions.
Torino Outlet Village
An 88 metre high spire rises from the earth a short distance outside of Turin, Italy. The spire belongs to Torino Outlet Village, a striking design by renowned architect Claudio Silvestrin. Rich in symbolism and drawing inspiration from traditional and contemporary sources, Torino Outlet Village is an instant icon.
Mood
Nordic Serenity
Materialising Silence
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