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Presenting the most exciting interiors from around the world, Practically Minimal offers visual inspiration and ideas to anyone attracted to the minimalist ethos. Here are flexible, livable, enjoyable, and functional spaces that artfully combine the beauty and spirituality of minimalism with an exuberant love of exotic woods and metals, varied colors, playful and mysterious forms, and the requisite respect for natural light, clean lines, and easy living. Drawing on interiors created by a wide range of architects, designers, and residents themselves, the book focuses on five themes: living and relaxing, cooking and dining, sleeping, bathing, and outdoor living. A special Elements section is a rich visual resource of details of the new minimalism, from stairs and storage to materials and textures to lighting and planting.
Here is a style of living that really does marry form and function: it is comfortable, beautiful, affordable, and practical. 250 color illustrations.
作者简介 Maggie Toy is the editor of Architectural Design, based in London, and has written extensively on minimalism, interiors, and architecture.
编辑推荐 From Library Journal
Toy and Shaw both look at the trend toward the use of natural materials in modern, minimal style domestic interiors. Filled with superb color photographs, Toy's book takes an international look at contemporary minimal style in architect-designed houses that focuses on the use of natural materials as well as an innovative use of glass, light, and color to create a warmer feel. Shaw gives more explanatory information on the use of natural materials in modern interiors that will help even an amateur achieve the look. Beginning with the use of individual elements such as stone, wood, and fabrics, in the second section Shaw shows how these elements can be combined into a design scheme. Shaw provides an international list of resources and Toy an international list of designers and architects. Both are recommended for large interior design collections, Shaw's book would be a good choice for public libraries.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Booklist
Toy, executive editor of Architectural Design magazine, writes that a much more livable version of minimalism has emerged from the 1990s style she describes as "extremely expensive, exactingly detailed," "stark," and marked by the near "absence of human life." In this lavishly illustrated volume, Toy draws examples from international homes to present her view of an updated minimalism: a livable, often colorful style that leaves more room to express the personality and hobbies of a homeowner. In sections devoted to various areas of the home, Toy offers basic, practical ideas aimed at amateur designers working on their own houses: "Start with walls and floors and add elements piece by piece." Toy's charge to seek "tranquility and freedom from conventional distractions" will strike a chord with many readers interested in creating more dynamic, simplified, clutter-free living spaces for themselves, while the beautifully reproduced interiors show a wide range of possibilities and styles. An extended resource section concludes this handsome, informative title for design enthusiasts. Gillian Engberg
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Review
'A marvellous collection of minimal homes to inspire those of us who may still be hankering for colour and clutter' - The Evening Standard 'Prepare to literally swoon over the interiors in Practically Minimal' - The Scotsman 'Gorgeously photographed...fab ideas...seriously aspirational' - Time Out 'Maggie Toy breaks down our misconceptions of minimalism so that you'll actually want to start clearing the decks' - Good Homes
Gives the simplicity of minimalism a 21st-century twist. -- Southern Accents
Inspiring and thought provoking, enough to make any designer or architect rethink his or her concepts of space and its usability as a form. -- Design Issues
Minimalism is for those of us who want to rid ourselves of every unnecessary item in our homes and pare down our living environment to the barest essentials. According to Toy, however, it doesn't have to mean bare, white-washed walls and austere living. On the other hand, you don't just give away most of your possessions and put the rest in cupboards. There's an art to it. To a non-minimalist, the style does appear to rely heavily on austerity and plainness, despite what the aficionado might say. In many of Toy's illustrations the walls, while not always white, are indisputably pale and, for the most part, bare. Floors are uncarpeted, windows undraped. Space is the biggest thing in the room; ornaments and knick-knacks have no place here. Books (except perhaps for arty coffee table volumes such as this one), magazines and toys do not figure in the arrangement. But if this is your thing and you want to learn how to achieve minimalism with style, start here. Toy opens with living spaces, including one in a London townhouse designed by Richard Rogers, complete with Le Corbusier and de Rohe furniture (don't worry about the expense - you won't need much). The space is breathtakingly vast and the walls uncomprimisingly bare and white to 'ensure minimal distraction and maximum freedom of light and space to awaken the occupants' senses'. There are also sections on cooking, eating, sleeping and washing areas, plus ideas for outside spaces, where there isn't a plant pot to be seen. Minimalism is about spirituality combined with functionalism and easy living. Simplicity is the key. This book has plenty of ideas, illustrated with high-quality colour photography. The dedicated minimalist or interior designer should find plenty of inspiration here. (Kirkus UK)
