Minimalissimo

Originally designed in 1958 by Peter Raacke, Mono A remains one of the most reduced expressions of post-war everyday German design. The 4-piece set brings together the essential elements of the table in a single, continuous material language of brushed stainless steel. Defined by flat planes and precise proportions, each piece follows a strict formal logic where function determines form without excess.

Now open at ARoS Aarhus Art Museum, As Seen Below marks James Turrell's 100th Skyspace and the largest and most ambitious of the series to date. Opened on 19 June 2026, the permanent installation extends the artist's long-standing exploration of light as a spatial medium, reducing architecture to a complete experience of volume, atmosphere, and the act of looking.

The Arlo 03 by Service Projects approaches the cup as a classic, leaving its form deliberately familiar while shifting attention entirely to material performance. In double-walled stainless steel, the object remains visually simple, almost elemental, a basic cylindrical volume without any singular emphasis or gesture. What defines the object is not shape, but behaviour.

Atelier AJO’s renovation of a former farmhouse in Pont-de-Salars introduces an interior defined by clarity, restraint, and material calm, set in deliberate contrast with the heaviness of its rural shell. Around a central courtyard, the fragmented agricultural ensemble is gently reconnected through a series of precise but unobtrusive spatial adjustments. Inside, the atmosphere is strikingly pared back.

The Tool Chair by TAKT approaches the wooden chair in its most distilled form. Neither expressive nor anonymous, it occupies a space between the familiar and the refined, where every curve and connection feels thoughtful. Designed by Rasmus Palmgreen, the chair is shaped through a series of simple gestures: a moulded veneer seat, a bent wood frame, and carefully considered joinery.

The Ristretto 512 A24 approaches the electric bike as a brutalist object, where features are not concealed but made part of the design itself. Mechanical and digital technologies sit naturally atop a simple, sturdy frame, giving the bike a directness that feels both deliberate and uncompromising. Its proportions are compact yet assertive, with clean lines and a visual language stripped of redundancies. The bike lets structure, function, and engineering define its character.

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Casa Tao is shaped by a simple but precise idea: shade as a space for life. Located in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, the house responds to its coastal climate through a sequence of courtyards, terraces, and carefully composed volumes that modulate light and air. Rather than exposure, the project works through subtle orientation and depth, allowing the presence of the surrounding plaza and vegetation to be felt indirectly, as atmosphere.

The KGT Wall Drawers 6 system lifts storage with a precise wall-based composition of repeated aluminium volumes. Designed by Studio CP–RV for UTIL, the unit consists of six removable drawers suspended within a strict vertical frame. Each element operates both as part of a larger structure and as an independent container that can be lifted and used separately.

OPTION-O’s LAGOM GDS is a coffee grinder built around a dual-geometry grinding system, allowing users to switch between flat and conical burrs within a single machine. Its design is more mechanical and exposed than OPTION-O’s quieter LAGOM models. Analog dials, visible fasteners, calibrated markings, and CNC-machined metal components give the grinder a technical, almost lab-like quality.