Simplicity is not only a style, but also a high-end pursuit of interior decoration

      Less is more. The saying by the famous modernist architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe gave birth to minimalism. Minimalism has always been popular with designers at home and abroad. It is not only a style, but also a life attitude.

      In the early 20th century, the Second Industrial Revolution was coming to an end, which had a tremendous impact on people's life concepts, ways and daily life. The background of industrialization has changed people's demand for architecture. The complex, gorgeous and exquisite Rococo, Baroque and other classical style decorations are no longer suitable for people's hobbies. Simple, convenient, concise and highly practical architectural style is what people want. Practical style has been placed in a more popular position than flashy style.

      Since the 1920s, the modernist De Stijl and the Russian constructivism have gradually converged in Bauhaus, Germany. The past buildings cannot adapt to the industrial production, while the modernist design came into being.

      Modernist design has several important characteristics: ① high rationality; ② Adapt to socialized industrial production; ③ Suitable for use by the common people; ④ Emphasize practicality and problem-solving rather than decorative appearance.

      This has led to a result - a social problem that, as people constantly explore, always forms an optimal solution - reflected in design, is the standardization of design language, which has a more unified standard than previous personalized and artisanal designs - gradually forming the LESS in Mies van der Rohe's "LESS IS MORE" sentence. And what is MORE? Due to the adaptation to industrial production, the majority of society (the common people) can enjoy and use these designs, so the audience of modernist design is extremely broad.

      By the 1990s, the modern society was inclusive, and both classical style, modern style, internationalism, unified style and individual style could be reflected in architectural decoration. On the basis of the rebellion against the retro trend and the minimalist aesthetics, minimalism, a new style of modernism, was born.

      Compared with past modernist designs, minimalist styles have many similarities and their own differences. Less is also the foundation of minimalist style, with streamlined design and clean decoration, simplifying design elements, colors, lighting, and raw materials to the minimum extent, but requiring high quality of colors and materials. Therefore, minimalist space design is often very implicit, often achieving the effect of using less to win over more, and using simplicity to win over complexity.

      But above 'more', the minimalist style appears very rich in details, reflecting individuality. When people decorate, they always hope to reflect a certain cultural taste while being economical, practical, and comfortable. The minimalist style not only emphasizes the practicality of the living room, but also reflects the delicacy and individuality of industrial society life, in line with modern people's taste in life.

Compared to the modernism that emerged from the fundamentalism of 'less is more', Minimalism is more suitable to be described in one sentence More is more. The productivity of contemporary society is not comparable to that of the world more than a century ago. From a functional perspective, contemporary society has the ability to create products that suit everyone's personality. Since there is no need to provide the world with an optimal solution like modernism, then use powerful productivity to customize the optimal solution for each group. You can place Chinese style furniture at home, IKEA furniture, or Rococo style furniture. Today's social productivity can meet your needs. Minimalism is to find the best balance between practicality and beauty, an optimal solution, in the combination of things you want.