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John Pawson (b.1949) is an architect and designer whose exceptional work combines an essential simplicity with a keen attention to the details of everyday life and human experience. In the last decade, the scope of his designs has broadened from objects and interiors to include houses, monasteries, pavilions and boats. This change in scale has given his office the opportunity to refine its minimalist aesthetic and further develop its ideas of a fundamental architecture based on the qualities of space, proportion, light and materials. In Plain Space, author Alison Morris presents both this recent body of work and earlier projects from the perspective of someone who has had unique access to the work and archives of the office. In thematic essays and narrative project descriptions she examines the firms working processes, relationship with clients, and approach to design. Filled with exquisite photographs and detailed drawings, Plain Space will be the next must-have book for fans of John Pawson and a perfect introduction to his work for anyone interested in the absolute best of contemporary design.

Pawson, John --- Architectural criticism. --- Critique d'architecture --- Pawson, John, --- Criticism and interpretation. --- 72.07 --- 72.038 --- 72.039 --- Architectuur ; 1980-2009 ; John Pawson --- Pawson, John ° 1949 (°Halifax, Yorkshire, Groot-Brittannië) --- Minimalisme --- Architectuur; Minimal Architecture --- 72.071 --- John Pawson --- architectuur 21e eeuw --- architecten --- Architecten. Stedenbouwkundigen A - Z --- Architectuurgeschiedenis ; 1950 - 2000 --- Architectuurgeschiedenis ; 2000 - 2050 --- buitenlandse architecten --- 774 --- Binnenhuis- en Meubelkunst --- Architectural criticism --- Criticism and interpretation --- Architecture --- Criticism --- Pawson, John, - 1949- - Criticism and interpretation --- Pawson, John, - 1949 --- -Architecture

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Not many designers are as well organized as Ed Annink and so apt to leave things to chance at the same time. He arranges combinations of constraints and designs and exhibitions from there onwards. As a design teacher he handles the same principle. His focus is to let students experience and develop their personal design process. Ed Annink distinguishes himself as a designer by the width of his scope. He designs on the run as it were and the objects he creates seem to be of minor importance among the ideas and activities that surround them. Some products take less than a minute to come alive. He can be sketching ideas about material qualities, production, use and image without having a certain functionality in mind and seeks to minimize effort for everyone involved, the producer, the person who makes the product, the one who sells it and the user too. As a teacher he may be maximizing the effort his students must take in order for them to discover what it means to be a designer. This monography includes interviews with commisioners from VITRA and Authentics, describes and analyses Annink's work as an exhibition and product designer, an educator and a project initiator.

Annink, Ed --- designers --- Ed Annink --- 745.071 --- Industrial design --- Design, Industrial --- Mechanical drawing --- New products --- Design --- History --- Annink, Ed, --- Criticism and interpretation.