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Minimalissimo

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MinimalissimoEscala Side Table The starting point for curated by's Escala Side Table is almost disarmingly simple: a 40 × 40 cm volume transformed into a staircase, with each step becoming a surface for whatever happens to occupy…

September 26

MinimalissimoBackflip chair by HAY The folding chair is one of modern furniture’s most quotidian types: useful, adaptable, and often treated as something temporary.

September 24

MinimalissimoAIM2 Furniture System AIM2 approaches furniture as a piece of domestic architecture. Its modular system of anodised aluminium creates a framework for the things that inhabit a room: books, records, lamps, objects and the…

September 22

MinimalissimoCylindric UX1 charging unit by Cords Power, designed to be seen. Cords’ Cylindric UX1 gives one of the most overlooked objects in our workspaces a more considered role.

September 19

MinimalissimoCilia by David Pompa With Cilia, David Pompa shows how much can come from very little. A simple structure brings together handwoven palma, powder-coated aluminium and a magnetic lighting system, creating an object with…

September 17

MinimalissimoBoxy Chair by Arwenn Boxy approaches the chair as a small piece of architecture. Designed by Maria Jeglińska-Adamczewska for Arwenn, its solid ash structure is articulated through a clear sequence of vertical and…

September 15

MinimalissimoAne Lykke’s Sculptural Light For Ane Lykke, light is not simply a means of illumination. It is a material in its own right. A material that shifts, dissolves and reveals itself differently with every change in perspective.

September 13

MinimalissimoMomentum Desk Tray Momentum Studio’s Desk Tray reduces the familiar desk organiser to a precise, almost elemental form. CNC-milled from a single block of AL6061-T6 aluminium, its quality lies as much in the material as…

September 11

MinimalissimoPulse at Houghton Developed by EBBA director Benni Allan for Houghton Festival, Pulse is an architectural installation that translates the activity of the surrounding forest into light, sound and vibration.

September 9

MinimalissimoPassage Seppe van Heusden approaches lighting through the relationship between object, architecture, and the way we experience space.

September 5

MinimalissimoSlope Egg Tray The Slope egg tray by TactileEveryday brings a sense of occasion to one of the most familiar gestures of the day.

September 3

MinimalissimoLapis Lounge Chair Lapis Lounge Chairs make a striking impression with remarkably little. Their simple, almost monolithic forms leave most of the work to the material itself.

August 26

MinimalissimoNorma Norma approaches the problem of digital distraction from an unusually physical perspective. Rather than adding another interface to manage our attention, it gives focus a tangible boundary: a simple…

August 24

MinimalissimoMapleton House Perched along the ridge of Queensland’s Blackall Range, Mapleton House takes its cues from the terrain to dialogue with it.

August 19

MinimalissimoStep Stool A simple arrangement of wooden blocks, inspired by an everyday observation: the odd ledge on public furniture that naturally becomes a place to rest your foot.

August 18

MinimalissimoDesktop Folder What happens when a digital icon becomes a physical object? Inspired by the 📁 emoji, BlankedStudios’ Desktop Folder translates one of the most familiar symbols of the desktop into a precisely made…

August 14

MinimalissimoEames Pavilion System The Eames House may be one of modernism's most recognisable buildings, but it was never an isolated work.

August 12

MinimalissimoFSB 1138 Door Handle Originally introduced in 1986, the FSB 1138 is one of Dieter Rams' most understated designs. Just relaunched by FSB, the handle remains remarkably faithful to the original, now re-engineered entirely…

August 6

MinimalissimoSalt by GRAU Salt is a cordless lamp by GRAU: a cone, a waist, and a shallow dish set on top. The dish is the whole optical idea.

August 5

MinimalissimoHANG ON Table A table is most often defined by its surface. We instinctively measure it by the space it defines, the way it interaction is framed across the flat plane.

July 29

MinimalissimoCross Chair Tube by TAKT The Cross Chair Tube by Pearson Lloyd for TAKT distils the dining chair into a composition of two essential materials.

July 27

MinimalissimoMono Twin Some objects reveal themselves only once they are held. At first glance, Mono's newly reissued Twin appears almost disarmingly simple: a stainless steel cylinder available in two heights.

July 23

MinimalissimoMars Mellow Sneakers Mars Mellow by CRO sits within a growing shift in footwear design, where construction gives way to continuity of form.

July 21

MinimalissimoST-01 Spinner by Amsterdam Dynamics There is something quietly compelling about objects designed for no purpose beyond engagement. Amsterdam Dynamics' spinner strips the familiar fidget object back to its essence, where proportion…

July 16