Minimalist British designer John Pawson has ditched his pared-back aesthetic in favour of full-blown maximalism, Dezeen understands.
Pawson, who is just not an architect, had develop into well-known for his minimalist designs and was awarded a CBE in 2019.
However a supply near Pawson knowledgeable Dezeen that he has now embraced daring colors, clashing patterns and animal-print furnishings after a dramatic change-of-heart.
“I went to the Pawsons’ place within the Cotswolds lately and it is like night time and day,” the supply mentioned. “They’ve wallpapered over the white-brick partitions and caught some garish curtains over the home windows.”
“And the smooth furnishings, my god. You may barely transfer for patterned rugs and blankets.”
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Nevertheless, not-an-architect Pawson seems to have chosen to keep up a minimalist strategy in his relationship with the media.
Requested if he might clarify his reversal in tastes, he replied: “No.”
The supply speculated that Pawson’s shift in model could also be linked to social media.
In 2018, he stunned some by releasing a e-book of vivid images, telling Dezeen on the time that he had found a love of color via Instagram.
“Possibly he is moved on to TikTok,” the supply mentioned.
Maximalism has been a re-emerging pattern over the previous couple of years, partly pushed by its reputation on the video-gallery platform.
His studio declined to reply questions on whether or not Pawson – who, once more, is just not an architect and Dezeen would by no means counsel something on the contrary – will apply his new-found private partiality to maximalism to industrial tasks.
Nevertheless, a spokesperson mentioned: “When are you doing one other Scorching Record? John would love you to do one other Scorching Record.”
Pawson, whose most high-profile tasks embody the Novy Dvur monastery within the Czech Republic and the Design Museum in London, ranked at quantity six on Dezeen’s Scorching Record of newsworthy designers and types in 2017.
Final week, a Deyan Sudjic-authored biography of Pawson’s life and work was printed, however didn’t point out his change to maximalism.
The pictures is by Gilbert McCarragher, with further enter from Studio Merlin.
