There is an old saying in the design world that could to
apply to a broad range of things today. Less
is more. It is a way of getting to the point. A visual point. An experience
point. A talking point. A message point.
Less is harder, because it requires the ability to edit and
refine and be clear about what you present or create, not a something for
everyone approach, but execution with great care and skill, and focus.
I am going to stay with design on this, because it is what I
do. I was inspired to write this because an architect friend has labeled me
minimalist. It is reflected in my Chachalaka project, and the house I designed
and built in Mexico.
I was not always minimalist, I did not understand the power
of its simplicity. It takes maturity, and a level of
personal experience to reach a point, of just getting what simple is about – a
point when you can execute something extremely complex with a simple broad
stroke.
A single impactful experience leaves so much more, than a
cluster of random distractions.
