Cloud Gate

The Indian-born, London-based sculptor Anish Kapoor (1954) lets art and architecture show off.

His sculpture is in many ways one long ode to the minimalist monochrome and its emphasis on simplicity and purity, but he has also explored different materials such as fibreglass and reflective metal surface to create organic forms that mirror the viewer.

The Cloud Gate, an enormous, shiny, pillowlike archway at Millennium Park in Chicago is a perfect example of his work.

Geo Blocks

Geo Blocks are a set of seven geometric wooden shapes, made in Russia. Initially designed for drawing exercises but also very useful as minimalistic paperweights on your desk.

AMAC Plastic Box

Sleek, simple and stackable, the AMAC plastic boxes have been in production for over 50 years since Gene Hurwitt introduced them to the pharmaceutical industry. They were soon adapted by Andy Warhol and today are a part of MoMA’s permanent design collection.

Hugo

As her diploma project at British Higher School of Art & Design, Russian designer Kate Pashinova has produced a chair called Hugo.

The Hugo chair draws on Scandinavian style with minimalistic features whilst accommodating the needs of people in public spaces like cafes or exhibitions, where you can rest in comfort with your belongings, which may hang on the single armrest.

Buddha Machine

The Buddha Machine is nothing more or less than a little plastic ambient music generator that looks like a transitor radio. It can play nine digitally encoded music loops, created by experimental music duo FM3.

Shelframe

A simple idea, executed with so much care: Shelframe, by London-based designer Bahbak Hashemi-Nezhad.

The shelves are designed to occupy a space normally reserved for a framed picture or painting, and they act so as to frame compositions of everyday objects.

Curt

The Curt deck chair by Swiss design studio BERNHARD | BURKARD, uses leaning to do away with the minimum requirement of a third leg on a chair.

Nonspace

Nonspace is a series of photographs by UK-based photographer Emily Grundon.

Jar Lamp

London and Avignon based design office Noon Studio, founded by Gautier Pelegrin and Vincent Taïani, created the Jar Lamp. The Jar Lamp is a lathed wooden table lamp with rotating lids which act as switches to control the intensity of the light. The result is a minimalist furniture piece. With the light switched on it is almost a magic box preserving a bright light.

Aspiral Clock

Will Aspinall and Neil Lambeth created this, the Aspiral Clock.

Measuring a half day, the clock itself rotates while the ball starts on the outside and gradually runs along the spiral until it reaches the centre and drops down the hole, back to the start—a cycle that takes exactly twelve hours.