The New York Times
The Unbearable Heaviness of Clutter
4 min read · From 2019 · A cluttered home can be a stressful home, researchers are learning.
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The New York Times
Why We Clutter, and What to Do About It
4 min read · 2021-12-20 · All that “stuff” in our drawers, closets and corners is a hazard, but there are ways to keep it at bay.
Reader View · Shared by 27, including Dorlee Michaeli, MBA, LCSW, Liv 😷
The New York Times
The Oppressive Gospel of ‘Minimalism’
~17 min read · From 2017 · The movement turns possessions into objects of scorn and disgust — and self-denial into a virtue yet again.
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Mission.org
How practical minimalism helps me focus
5 min read · From 2016 · A few months ago, I sold nearly everything, and moved to Colombia.
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bullshit.ist
Against Minimalism
6 min read · From 2016 · Are We Destined To An Indefinite Eternity Of Blandness, Our Only Release Being Our Own Self-Destruction?
Shared by 25, including 150O, Dez S. Papp, Helmi, Niklaus Gerber, Kurt Weiske, Liv 😷, Fawzi A. Baba-Ali
ABC News
Longing for Less: Living with Minimalism
From 2020 · From Marie Kondo to empty imboxes, cleanses and detoxes to light and airy instagrammable interiors, minimalism now touches every aspect of contemporary life. Art critic Kyle Chayka explains its…
Shared by 5, including Liv 😷
hyperallergic
A Minimalism of Ideas, Rather Than Things
3 min read · From 2020 · In The Longing for Less author Kyle Chayka searches for a minimalist mindset that isn’t “obsessing over possessions or the lack thereof but challenging our day-to-day experience of being in the…
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theminimalists.com
Podcast 238 | Neo-Minimalism
1 min read · From 2020 · Joshua and Ryan discuss what minimalism will look like after this moment of uncertainty, whether a movement of Neo-Minimalism will form in the wake of the reset, and they answer the following…
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hyperallergic
Minimalism Takes Flight
5 min read · From 2020 · Within the many intersections between cinema and minimalism, there's a fascinating thread of nonfiction filmmakers depicting air travel.
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GQ Magazine
Cal Newport on Why We'll Look Back at Our Smartphones Like Cigarettes
~17 min read · From 2019 · The computer scientist on his new book "Digital Minimalism," why workplaces may go email-free, and why the tech backlash is about to go mainstream.
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The Guardian
The empty promises of Marie Kondo and the craze for minimalism
~15 min read · From 2020 · The long read: From the ‘KonMari method’ to Apple’s barely-there design philosophy, we are forever being urged to declutter and simplify our lives. But does minimalism really make us any happier?
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MINIMALISSIMO
Minimalissimo | Minimalism in Design
From 2015 · Minimalissimo is a magazine about minimalism in design. We aim to deliver a diverse understanding of minimalism in many areas, including art, architecture, fashion, graphic, package, and industrial design.
Shared by 21, including Andreas Spiegler, shishir das, Liv 😷
The Atlantic
How Restaurants Got So Loud
9 min read · From 2018 · Fashionable minimalism replaced plush opulence. That’s a recipe for commotion.
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The New Yorker
The Pitfalls and the Potential of the New Minimalism
5 min read · From 2020 · The mantra of “less is more” still obeys a logic of accumulation—but it hints at genuinely different ways of thinking.
Reader View · Shared by 190, including Stephanie A Kowalski, Stowe Boyd, Bjorn Larsen, Kyle Chayka, Mars Rebello, Rich, Liv 😷, Agnese Folli
Recode
Inside Instagram’s reinvention
7 min read · From 2017 · How Kevin Systrom got over minimalism and snapped into building mode.
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