The late Christian Liaigre may well have cemented the interiors movement with a signature sparseness in redesigns of New York City’s Mercer Hotel, noted for its sleek furniture rendered in dark woods or upholstered in white linen (his name is often associated with a coterie that includes Calvin Klein and Helmut Lang). The result was austere minimalism, driven by clean lines (simple was chic) that made their mark in formative architecture by John Pawson. After the bold and brash aesthetics of the 80s, the 90s had their own revolt by exercising restraint. Naturally, the art movement gained traction throughout the design world. Rejecting excess, they created art that revealed simple geographic shapes and the form itself. While the minimalist aesthetic has traditional roots in Japan's Zen Buddhism and even Scandinavian design (now seen today in beautiful beige living room ideas), a conscious minimalist movement began to emerge in the 1960s when a group of artists - Donald Judd, Carl Andre, Dan Flavin, and others - moved against Abstract Expressionism and focused on materiality. In our opinion, minimalism is also a way of life and a philosophy rather than a style or a trend in decoration.” WHERE DID MINIMALISM COME FROM? “It is all about proportions and materials and is often much more complex than it looks.
“Minimalist design is defined by a great simplicity of lines that allow you to immediately understand the function of the space or the object,” say Hélène Pinaud and Julien Schwartzmann of Paris’ Heju Studio. And like in transitional style, expect monochromatic palettes, strikingly spare interiors, and clean lines.
Similar to many of the ideas seen in Scandinavian design, In effect, minimalist designs are purified spaces that are timeless and pared down. “When someone walks into a house, or a gallery or a monastery I have designed, it is the atmosphere I want them to experience, before they start registering the details of the architecture.” “As an architect, I’m interested in the emotional quality of a space,” says John Pawson, undoubtedly today’s foremost minimalist architect and interior designer.
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