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Go Minimalist

Lloyd Alter, Toronto

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter
Toronto, Canada | Sun Mar 23 17:21:00 GMT 2008

Go minimalist


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Hakuei House, Akira Sakamoto; Photo credit: Nacasa and Partners

Mies van der Rohe said "less is more" (although Robert Browning said it first) to define the simplicity of his designs; we have adopted it as well to reflect a way of living where one consumes less stuff and needs less space to house it. In the '60s the term "minimalism" came into vogue, describing first a style of art, and then design. In architect-speak, minimalism is "based on a process of reduction of architecture down to its essential concepts of space, light and form". In Planet Green-speak, minimalism is "having just what you need but ensuring that what you have is healthy, sustainable and beautiful."

To go minimalist, you have to seriously cut the clutter. Leo at Zen Habits has developed four laws of simplicity as a method of dealing with everything from a desk drawer to your entire home:

1. Collect everything in one place.

2. Choose the essential.

3. Eliminate the rest.

4. Organize the remaining stuff neatly and nicely.

He explains how to put this into practice at ::Zen Habits

See also: ::Conquer Clutter Q.U.I.C.K.

Difficulty level: Easy

 
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