Minimalism as it pertains to space is not merely the absence of “stuff”. Of those who subscribe to the notion of minimalism in some form there are a myriad of variations but I’m talking about rooms or environments here.
Simply making it “neat” or removing all the clutter is not making a minimal statement. Minimalism can be achieved by creating relationships between objects, distance, textures and colors. But who can tell if it’s working? The owner of the space or the designer may have some idea but what about others? They make like it or may not but one thing for sure is that it won’t be boring; like an empty room.
The human eye and brain processes so much more than we imagine. We sense something but in reality our mind has processed it and returned it to us as an impression. This has nothing to do with what you may or may not have read or think about minimalism. The foregoing is based on thirty years of trying to get it right.
