What happens in our brain when we look at art is an incredibly fascinating topic. In an interesting study, scientists have discovered the links...
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What is the essence of aesthetics? Explore and discover everything about minimalist art and design with essays, interviews, studio visits, studies and more.
There are works of art that were so different, so beautiful, so ugly or so special that they changed the course of art history....
āLess is moreā ā this phrase coined by Mies van der Rohe has long established itself beyond the boundaries of architecture. It has become...
In my exploration of what constitutes good design, I frequently stumbled upon the term intuition. “Good design should be intuitive” I read in many...
It shouldn’t be a surprise that I’m a big fan of minimalist art. I love writing about this subject and exploring it. The thoughts,...
In conversations with designer and artist friends, I’ve been talking a lot lately about how everything looks the same right now. The same colors...
Minimalist art has its critics and admirers – but what is it about this type of art that makes it so controversial? While some...
Art can trigger many things in us, from joy and fascination to anger and disgust. But this perception is by no means a one-sided...
I recently had a thought-provoking conversation about minimalist art. My counterpart, a collector of figurative art, expressed his astonishment at the supposed interchangeability of...
People tend to agree on what is aesthetically pleasing in faces and natural landscapes, but not in human-made artifacts like art or architecture, but why?
Art is controversial, and art with a minimalist aesthetic is particularly so. Of course, what you like is subjective – I’ve written about that...
From the series exploring aesthetics: Are we looking at this the wrong way?
