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Field of study perspectives

Minimalist Design

Defi nitely, this helps to create a new level of
Fátima B. Piña Soto design, understanding this, we can learn more
Graphic Design Field of Study about the main ideas of minimalism.
Teacher LDG. Moisés Zúñiga Arreguín
� e characteristics of minimalism in fi rst place,
is the balance, thinking about a neutral base
a key of simplicity without leave aesthetic
importance. Thanks to that, it is possible
to create a visual balance, which makes a
Over the years, we can see the evolution of the artistic movements and growing innovation positive response.
in the diff erent areas of design. One of the diff erent styles that we can recognize is the
minimalism. Minimalist designers currently use to generate visually balanced spaces. In addition, when we talk about space and
balance, we need to focus on creating perfect
To understand more about minimalism, it is necessary to focus on compositions only with necessary elements.
the main features of the minimalism. First, this movement covers � is does not mean that the design will be ugly
diff erent areas such architecture, graphic design, art and interior or ineffi cient; in fact, minimalism helps a lot
design. Its story begins in 1960 as an artistic movement that is when we want to be direct in the message.
against consumerism.
Form is very important, if we can design
� e main objective was to break with the excessive decoration something with a specifi c meaning, it can
and keep the essential elements in an aesthetic way. Phrases help to create a visual message. All of this
like “less is more” and “doing more with less” of Van der Rohe make a good minimalism design, and the most
and Buckminster Fuller respectively can describe the goal of interesting is that we can use it to arrange
minimalism. our composition and generate something
innovator.
As all the different styles of art, two movements influenced
minimalism: � e fi rst was De Stijl, which is based in simplicity Dimension is important to understand our
and Abstraction; reducing elements and understanding the design. Learn about geometry makes simple
origin of elements, also they use the primary colors, which the visual grasp of the space. So, when we
are the origin of all the variety we know, almost as if it were need to focus in the importance of design, we
metaphorical. De Stijl created a new perspective of composition. can use minimalism as an instrument.
� e characteristics related to minimalism are lines, forms and
primary values. � e second movement was traditional Japanese Reference:
https://spyrestudios.com/minimalist-design-a-brief-
design, which searches only the necessary and functional without history-and-practical-tips/
adding unnecessary decoration. https://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/interior-
designers/a27471472/minimalist-interior-design-tips/
Also, Van Der Rohe, a German architect considered a pioneer of
modern architecture, was the main engine for the minimalism
movement. However, he not only thought about the functional,
he also used diff erent materials like steel and glass, as the idea of
creating open spaces.

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