DEEPER INSIGHT & INSPIRATION
Axel Vervoordt - Wabi Sabi Inspirations, Interior Design
Heinrich Helfenstein - Colours are like the Wind: Jean Pfaff
Colour Interventions in Architecture
Franco Bretone - Minimalist Architecture
Julio Bermudez - Transcending Architecture Contemporary views on sacred space
ONLINE
Thin Places. NY Times Article from 2012
The Science of Healing Places by Esther Sternberg, On Being (Podcast)
READING ADVICE
ON MINIMALIST LIVING
Marie Kondo - The life changing magic of tidying up
Fumio Sasaki - Goodbye Things: The new Japanese Minimalism
Esther Sternberg - Healing Spaces: The Science of Place and Well Being
HOW MUCH DO YOU WEIGH?
It's an emergency. You have to catch a flight leaving in one hour from the closest airport. You don't know if and when you will return. What do you take with you?
What is necessary, and what not? It is these moments in life that we realize all we need is already here within us. Despite some legal documents, the clothes that we are wearing right now, and a few memories, we have nothing to lose. Imagine being able to simply walk out of the door and part.
Having to carry nothing but three boxes when moving into a new apartment. Imagine how light that would feel.
Your actual weight is a sum of all your belongings that ask for responsibility. It's the weight you would feel if you would have to carry all your belongings on your back like a backpacker.
Make sure you would still be able to walk.
When minimizing your belongings, you will start to think differently about every consumer decision you make. You will begin to see how much actual waste a single person produces.
Here are the basics that everyone should follow.
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Reduce food waste by grocery shopping mindfully
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Buy less - Choosing quality over cheap
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Use glass instead of plastic - Avoid take-away packaging
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Resell - Don't just throw things out of convenience they often are useful to others
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spiritual
beautiful
elegant
serene
contemplative
spacious
magical
stable
quiet
divine
LESS
materials
aggressive
cold
fashion
superficial
decorative
ostentatious
temporary
noisy
human
APARTMENT TRANSFORMATION
CLIENT IN BERLIN
“For me, the ultimate wardrobe is a white shirt, a pair of black trousers, a skirt, maybe three coats. Two jackets, a high heel, a flat shoe, and a trainer. A bag. Maybe only one bag. And maybe a scarf.”
PHOEBE PHILO, FORMER DESIGNER OF CÉLINE
