Minimum
Author(s): John Pawson
A unique book that presents a wide range of images embodying the idea of reduction to a minimum to achieve clarity and simplicity, an idea which has pervaded in the conception and design of objects and buildings for millennia. The book both embodies and presents a sequence of ideas that have influenced John Pawson and other artists in their search for simplicity.
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"'A searching discourse on the appeal of minimalism' (Financial Times); 'A book to inspire its owner to throw out all others' (I-D)"
Born in Halifax, Yorkshire, John Pawson studied at the Architectural Association after working in the family textile business and teaching in Japan. His career to date spans a wide variety of projects, from a compact apartment for the writer Bruce Chatwin to Calvin Klein's flagship store in Manhattan, airport lounges for Cathay Pacific in Hong Kong and a number of art galleries. In addition to a series of private houses, current commissions include a new Cistercian monastery in Bohemia.
Eleven chapters: Mass, Light, Structure, Ritual, Landscape, Order, Containment, Repetition, Volume, Essence and expression. Eight-page introduction by John Pawson, list of plates, bibliography and index.
General Fields
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- : Phaidon Press Ltd
- : Phaidon Press Ltd
- : 1.669
- : 01 November 2005
- : 290mm X 250mm X 24mm
- : books
Special Fields
- : John Pawson
- : Paperback
- : New edition
- : 709.04
- : 272
- : 145 illustrations, in, 6 colour s