Six things reduced to the bare minimum by John Pawson
This week, designer John Pawson brought his minimalist ethos to fashion with his first garment. Here, we look at six minimalist things created by the British designer.
Well-known for his many pared-back architectural designs, Pawson has also designed a wide variety of minimalist products, including furniture, blankets, oil lanterns and paints.
Here are six of Pawson's simple, clean designs:
Cashmere – Stone, Crossing and Lake for Oyuna
Mongolian cashmere brand Oyuna's founder Oyuna Tserendorj described its collection, designed by Pawson, as "soft architecture."
She told Dezeen that creating it was a way to focus on the architectural aspect of her Mongolian heritage.
"Architecture is very much a part of the nomadic way…our yurts may not be permanent, but they express many key principles of architecture. And most importantly, our yurts carry fundamental principles of minimalism and John is today's definition of minimalism."
Pawson turned his minimalistic design ethos to paint, with the launch of the Whitescale collection for Bleo that featured 14 "perfect white" hues.
Bleo described the collection, which includes colours marble, milk and salt, as "a meticulously calibrated gradient of whites".
Oil lantern – Holocene no.4 for Wästberg
Designed for Swedish lighting company Wästberg, Holocene no.4 is a minimalistic oil lantern made from stainless steel and aluminium.
"I wanted to keep the function, form and palette as simple as possible," Pawson told Dezeen. "It's basically a crucible-like container for fire, designed so that it can comfortably be carried and suspended."
Furniture – Pawson Furniture Collection for Dinesen
Pawson has designed numerous furniture collections, including a set of timber furniture for Danish manufacturer Dinesen.
Named the Pawson Furniture Collection, the pared-back collection was based on the span of a timber board.
"This collection is all about the timber," the architect told Dezeen. "Everything is stripped back to the logic and poetry of the wood."
"It made sense for the dimensions of the timber to determine the proportions of the forms," he added. "The outcome is pieces that have an inherent quality of clarity, rhythm and repetition."
T-shirt – Panel T-shirt for Slowform
Pawson's first foray into clothing design was a minimalist white T-shirt designed for London brand Slowform.
"Whether it's an entire building, a fork or indeed a T-shirt I am designing, for me it's all architecture," Pawson told Dezeen.
"I have approached this project as I would any other, in terms of reducing and paring away, in pursuit of the condition of minimum: the quality an object or space has when it is no longer possible to improve it by further subtraction."
Blankets – Plaid for Tekla Fabrics
Informed by the light within his own home in Oxfordshire, Pawson created a collection of two-toned, merino wool blankets for Danish homeware brand Tekla Fabrics. Each blanket features motifs based on the shadows within the former working farm.
"Each design captures a specific moment of graphic interaction between architectural space and light," said Pawson. "I wanted to create a series of textiles that is both rigorously abstract and resonantly site-specific."
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