Paper Summary:

The paper explores how minimalism can create a new direction in the interior design field and how interior design and minimalism will complement each other. The paper examines how minimalism in interior design would be marketable and how this type of interior design would work for a commercial setting. The paper discusses how the 'Minimalist' method holds great promise for interior decorators in applying their talents as well as in gaining work due to the lower costs involved. The paper also reveals that the marketability of minimalism in today's world market holds great promise in today's environmentally-conscious world.

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Objective
Introduction
Interior Design and Minimalism in a Working Relationship
Minimalism and the Creation of a New Direction of Design
Marketing Minimalism in Interior Design
Minimalism in Commercial Interior Design
Summary and Conclusion

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"The first step in attempting to research and ultimately answer the questions posed in this research is to apply a definition to specifically what is meant by Minimalism in Interior Design. According to Gilbert Brownestone, a curator in Palm Beach, Florida and Paris: "Minimalism is simple to the point of complexity...It evokes a spiritual response from the viewer." (Kim, 2003) The definition applied in the edict of Mies van der Rohe is: 'less is more', Minimalism in architecture is a working method in which aesthetic force and capacity are employed to create an effect that astonishes without the aid of superfluous elements. Its essence ...and its intention is to accommodate life simply but beautifully." (Minimalist Space, 2006)"

Sample of Sources Used:

• Kim, Sheila ed. (2003) More Minimal - Interior Design 1 Nov 2003 Online available at: http://www.interiordesign.net/id_article/CA337141/id?stt=001
• Minimalist Spaces (2006) Review available Online at: http://www.gingkopress.com/_cata/_arch/minspa.htm
• Plain Sailing (2000) House and Garden Online available at: http://books.guardian.co.uk/departments/houseandgarden/story/0,,382297,00.html
• Ringland, Jenny (2006) Interior Design: The New Minimalism 31 March 2006 - Homesite.com.au online available at: http://www.homesite.com.au/indoors/ideas-and-designs/interior-design-the-new-minimalism.
• Toy, Maggie (2003) Practically Minimal: Simply Beautiful Solutions for Modern Living. Thames & Hudson. Review Online available at: http://www.wwnorton.com/thamesandhudson/new/spring03/528370.htm.

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