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November 1, 2024
This monthly edition of the Minimalissimo Newsletter is supported by aprile, the hanging chair Looking forward Hello folks. Carl here. One month on from our...
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October 1, 2024
This monthly edition of the Minimalissimo Newsletter is supported by aprile, the hanging chair The Future of Minimalissimo Hello, wonderful lovers of...
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August 18, 2024
This monthly edition of the Minimalissimo Newsletter is supported by aprile, the hanging chair Another warm hello from this quiet Sunday morning up in the...
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July 11, 2024
This monthly edition of the Minimalissimo Newsletter is supported by aprile, the hanging chair Hello from this sweltering morning. I hope you’re all having a...
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June 30, 2024
This monthly edition of the Minimalissimo Newsletter is supported by aprile, the hanging chair Hello on this lovely Sunday morning at the end of June. No...
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June 15, 2024
This monthly edition of the Minimalissimo Newsletter is supported by aprile, the hanging chair I’ve been involved with minimalism, in one way or another, for...
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April 2, 2024
This monthly edition of the Minimalissimo Newsletter is supported by aprile, the hanging chair Simplicity is not the goal. It is the by-product of a good...
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March 9, 2024
This monthly edition of the Minimalissimo Newsletter is supported by aprile, the hanging chair Black and white is salt and pepper of colors, for life tastes...
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January 31, 2024
This monthly edition of the Minimalissimo Newsletter is supported by aprile, the hanging chair Simplicity is an acquired taste. Mankind, left free,...
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December 31, 2023
This newsletter is supported by aprile, the hanging chair Minimalism is a good word—it's just applied to so many different areas, whether it's architecture...
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December 17, 2023
This newsletter is supported by aprile, the hanging chair Objects that contribute the best atmosphere tend to be less immediately noticeable; it may take...
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December 3, 2023
This newsletter is supported by aprile, the hanging chair The difference between an idea and a product is that you’ve solved the problems. When someone says...
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November 5, 2023
This newsletter is supported by aprile, the hanging chair I don't try to reimagine whole systems. I just start with people, and I’m very clear about my place...
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October 22, 2023
This newsletter is supported by aprile, the hanging chair The difference between an idea and a product is that you’ve solved the problems. When someone says...
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October 8, 2023
This newsletter is supported by aprile, the hanging chair To design something really well, you have to get it. You have to really grok what it’s all about....
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September 24, 2023
This newsletter is supported by aprile, the hanging chair We need to aim at essential things, removing every redundant effect, every useless flowering....
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September 3, 2023
This newsletter is supported by aprile, the hanging chair Form is extremely important. I think it exists to express the thought and it must be structured...
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August 20, 2023
This newsletter is supported by aprile, the hanging chair White and black, outside and inside, within and beyond, private and public, full and empty, noise...
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August 7, 2023
This newsletter is supported by aprile, the hanging chair Empty space does not mean emptiness of information. On the contrary, it is an expressive element...
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July 23, 2023
This newsletter is supported by aprile, the hanging chair Design should be better than what existed before (not always easy or even possible, but worth a...
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July 9, 2023
This newsletter is supported by aprile, the hanging chair The best atmosphere and the most beauty can be found in everyday situations. I'm not at all...
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June 25, 2023
This newsletter is supported by aprile, the hanging chair We’re just two people making lots of stuff. We like it that way and don’t want to grow. Growing...
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June 11, 2023
This newsletter is supported by aprile, the hanging chair Minimalism is not a style, it is an attitude, a way of being. It’s a fundamental reaction against...
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May 28, 2023
This newsletter is supported by aprile, the hanging chair Things get more refined as you make mistakes. I’ve had a chance to make a lot of mistakes. Your...
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May 14, 2023
This newsletter is supported by aprile, the hanging chair White reflects light, so keep as many interior walls white as you can. By using many shades of...
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April 30, 2023
This newsletter is supported by aprile, the hanging chair I do believe that you don’t need more than is essential, and that is hard to define. It depends on...
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April 16, 2023
This newsletter is supported by aprile, the hanging chair Design means observing objectively. It means being aware of our living nature, a simple element in...
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April 1, 2023
People shouldn't really have to think about an object when they are using it. Not having to think about it makes the relationship between a person and an...
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February 5, 2023
An empty space can feel stark, like a jail cell, but the right amount of curation and careful balance can strike the most intense feelings. – Paul Jung...
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January 22, 2023
The minimum is the perfection that an artefact achieves when it can no longer be improved by subtraction. – John Pawson What's happening? I've always felt a...
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January 8, 2023
What is good design? Product design is the total configuration of a product: its form, colour, material, and construction. The product must serve its...
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December 23, 2022
For the most talented, successful designers in the industry, art is the secret ingredient that takes their work to the next level. Art is that little extra....
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November 20, 2022
When I discovered light as a central theme in architecture, I realised that it would engage all my life. Light in my work is the most valuable material. –...
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November 6, 2022
There’s nothing simple about designing something that looks very simple. It’s actually even more complicated to develop. – Friso Wiersma What's happening?...
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October 23, 2022
There’s nothing simple about designing something that looks very simple. It’s actually even more complicated to develop. – Friso Wiersma What's happening?...
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October 8, 2022
My real desire is to see people live in the modus of our time, to participate in the contemporary world, to release themselves from nostalgia, antiquated...
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September 25, 2022
Good design is a matter of discipline. It starts by looking at the problem and collecting all the available information about it. If you understand the...
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September 11, 2022
A designer who wants to achieve good design must not regard himself as an artist who, according to taste and aesthetics, is merely dressing up products with...
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August 26, 2022
I don't believe in trends, I just observe them. My work is more about lifestyle, a reflection of my own and my team’s sensitivities in a never-ending search...
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August 14, 2022
All of my work stems from the simplest of ideas that go back to the earliest civilisations: making clothing from one piece of cloth. It is my touchstone. I...
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July 31, 2022
The simpler and more intuitive you can make something, the better. Most of us know the feeling of being overwhelmed by technical complexity, but lately also...
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July 17, 2022
Emptiness does not merely imply simplicity of form, logical sophistication and the like. Rather, emptiness provides a space within which our imaginations can...
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July 10, 2022
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...
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June 26, 2022
You can reach timelessness if you look for the essence of things and not at the appearance. The appearance is transitory—the appearance is fashion, the...
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June 19, 2022
The designer's starting point is an original idea, the essence, and as little design as possible is added.Minimalism is not reductivist. It is non-...
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June 12, 2022
Design should not dominate things, should not dominate people. It should help people. That's its role. – Dieter Rams What's happening? Hello. It was design...
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June 5, 2022
Reduction is a means of communication, a way to achieve visual clarity. I try to take away details in order to enhance an expression or specific character...
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May 29, 2022
What's happening? Hello. It's been a quiet week around here simply focusing on research and curation. Projects are on pause and I'm just immersing myself in...
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May 25, 2022
What's happening? Hello. Another mid-week letter for you. Normal programming will resume on the weekend. I'm back from my Italy trip feeling quite physically...
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May 18, 2022
What's happening? Hello. I write this from a remote farm in Cividale in north east Italy. A beautiful and serene landscape with great weather—a nice change...
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