Minimalism: A journey from design to lifestyle

Minimalism in design needs to religion to followed by a company to deliver only similar furniture design.

New Delhi: It is simple but so exquisite. How many times you have thought, while looking at a design which is simple and wondered, oh! I could have thought of it as a designer or a design enthusiast.

Trust me. The simple-looking designs are complex, as it needs to address, form, and function, together.

Minimalism is a state of mind in the design, some can create others cannot, and on the other side, the audience also has a strong tilt towards and against minimalism.

“There is a poetic nature to minimalism that is about striking a balance between full and empty” – an American artist Jennie C. Jones quoted. This quote holds because a designer must possess the art of understanding minimalism in its true sense for them to design. While there are numerous definitions of minimalism, the one that resonates with me; is eloquently said by Frank Lloyd Wright – “form and function should be one, joined in a spiritual union”. And I shall add with the minimal form to complete my definition.

The art of minimalism attributed to some of the prominent designers who were both architects and furniture designers; Charles and Eames Ray, Le Corbusier, and Frank Lloyd Wright were the pioneers of their craft. The Eames had designed a series of furniture in the 1960S’, which are just called Eames ( product name, like a chair) and is still chic to own and flaunt.