Influence of Minimalism on me

As I've mentioned, I'm quite a fan of Minimalism (both 60's and new Minimalism). I adore the concept of Minimalism with the reductivism, deconstruction and anti-figurative forms, and I do applied these into my personal lifestyle, in terms of fashion, work and lifestyle.

Also, as being extra thin on my appearance itself already proposed the idea of minimal, giving me advantages to pull off the Minimalist fashion, like André Courrèges's idea in his "The Moon Girl" collection which he chose tall (although I am not very tall), weak and long-thigh girls that will harmonize the design in maximum. (Stoykov, 2008.)



My Fashion
My fashion attitudes and ideas were very much driven by the concepts of Minimalism in the 60s, however not as extreme as that time, due to the environment I'm living in that would be unappropriated to do so. Below are some of the photographs of what I wear, a.k.a. ootd.

I am very much inspired by the non-emotive design concept in Minimalism with the repetition of lines, shapes and geometrics. Besides, designs like these would blurred the line of my actual body shape and gave an impression of not being underweight as well.

The idea of anti-figurative forms gave an influence on me as well. I like the idea of unisex as I was never a girly type of personality and I believe independence in woman. I'm also very much into oversize clothing and thick material of garments like knit or wool.



My Works

These are my digital artworks which implied the Minimalism concept. The drawings were based on the idea of Reductivism which use only the essentials and reducing design to its core (shown in the clothes where I removed the outline leaving only the main colour and pattern of the shirt).

These are some spreads of my publication design which again influenced by the concepts of Minimalism based on space, shapes and lines.



My Lifestyle
I like the idea of reduction to its core as I am a person who work and live based on the essentials. I enjoy living in the minimal lifestyle, simplifying everything in my daily routine and focus only on what it needed to be done by the day itself. Less is more, working in this way allowed me to work more productively and being more positive in living.



Reference:
Stoykov, L. (2008) André Courrèges Or The Futurism In Fashion. [Online] Available at:<http://www.fashion-lifestyle.net/designers_en_broi12> [Accessed: 17 July 2014]