Until I was 12 I was in the French school system, where theatre was Moliere, Corneille, Racine. Going to the theatre meant The Sound of Music or My Fair Lady. Then it was decided I would switch to school in England. So, at 13, I arrived at Westminster school. It was 1968, and the world opened up. I went to see a school production of Waiting for Godot in French in a small room with a little stage, and I was sitting at the back.
Happy Birthday: Simplify your life. Distance yourself from drama, taking on more than you can handle and changes at home that are likely to cost more than you anticipate. Excess is the enemy, making this a good year to consider minimalization across the board. Donate what you no longer use, size down or cut back on expensive subscriptions or other promotions you no longer have the time or desire to pursue. Your numbers are 9, 14, 21, 27, 32, 35, 46.
Sidero Labs has been developing Talos Linux, an immutable operating system purpose-built exclusively for running Kubernetes, alongside Omni, a cluster lifecycle management platform. InfoQ met the Sidero team in Amsterdam during the TalosCon 2025 and had conversations about their approach to simplifying Kubernetes operations through minimalism and security-first design. The concept for Talos emerged from practical frustrations with traditional operating systems in enterprise environments.
I kept just a few precious memories, like undeveloped disposable cameras, and my clothes in boxes tucked away at my parents' house. I had quit my job, and in just a few short hours I would be taking the biggest leap of my life: heading to an RV dealership with a $75,000 cashier's check to purchase a converted cargo van so that I could live in it full-time.
When you talk about modern fashion legacies, that of Jil Sander is a tricky one. Mainly because it's both everything and nothing. A minimalist who helped shape the direction of late-1990s fashion, a period subject to sporadic revival for the past 15 years or so, Sander's resolutely stripped-back perfectionism has proved tricky to emulate without hollow imitation. Plus the woman herself, now 81, is very much alive and kicking,
Jerry Lorenzo 's Fear of God has spent the last decade perfecting a singular vision - one that balances reverence for American craftsmanship with an elevated, almost spiritual minimalism. For Collection Nine, the brand takes a significant step forward by presenting its first-ever womenswear collection, a moment that feels both inevitable and groundbreaking. This debut isn't just an expansion of the Fear of God universe - it's a full expression of what Lorenzo has been building toward,
If I'm being totally honest, taking down the living room gallery wall was part of a larger restart in 2025 for me. Approximately 10 to 20 frames of crowded, colorful artwork on the walls were beginning to feel overwhelming to me (in addition to some other overwhelming stuff going on). I was seeking something simpler, and I really liked AT contributor Jessie Quinn's idea of creating gallery clusters - groupings of just one to three frames.
After last summer's BRAT attack, it felt like minimalist album art was back with a bang (for better or for worse). While I'm all for the rise of anti-design, there's a stark difference between counter-cultural creations and plain underwhelming art, and sadly, pop star Justin Bieber's latest album fits into the latter category. Swag II, the successor of Bieber's recent album, Swag, features a painfully innocuous album cover that's undoubtedly functional but disappointingly flat.
"Finding an apartment in New York can feel like the Wild West. I had looked at so many places, and even lost a few. Walking into my apartment for the first time, I immediately felt its spirit," Breaker begins. Though he's not sure of the unit's exact square footage, the one-bedroom is clearly on the smaller side.
As a travel writer, I've spent more nights in hotel rooms living out of a carry-on suitcase than I can count. But nothing prepared me for what it would feel like to actually live in a hotel - not for a few weeks on assignment, but for months at a time, with my then-fiancé and our mini schnauzer in tow. Our stay didn't start as some glamorous, work-from-anywhere experiment.
Modern design is one of those terms in home decor that feels like a moving target. Modern, by its definition according to Webster's Dictionary, is "of, relating to, or characteristic of the present or the immediate past; contemporary."So what does that mean when "of the present or the immediate past" is constantly moving forward? "Modern design is open-concept, with clean lines, and a flow through a home without clutter," explains Sallie Lord, principal and founder of Virginia-based GreyHunt Interiors.
We have a New Yorker cartoon magnetized to our fridge that features a bedraggled but happy couple crawling through a desert with the caption, "It's nice that we want the same things." My husband's family frequently laments to me, "He never does things the easy way!" without truly understanding that this is my preferred way of doing things, too. Against the grain. Off script. Rarely the easy or obvious way.
Kelly's house embodies modern loft living at its finest, merging natural surroundings with contemporary design. The 40-foot wall of glass creates a seamless indoor-outdoor experience.
Kyle Hawley and Noah Hawley's house in Austin, Texas, has five bedrooms, three and a half bathrooms and no closets. The unusual setup forces the couple and their two children, 12 and 17, to be selective since they store their clothing in hallways. Mr. Hawley, who is the Emmy Award-winning showrunner and creator of the hit FX series Fargo, believes that the lack of closets encourages editing during the year, requiring them to make choices about what they keep as they acquire new items.
The Jil Sander flagship store's interior features a generous ceiling height of 4.5 meters and is treated as a pure, neutral shell. Inside, a series of sculptural volumes in Vicenza stone divide the space into three distinct zones: the entrance and canal-facing rear, a central core, and a more intimate lounge area lit by a skylight.
Organization is key when living in a small space. Everything item I own has a designated place. I've learned I must put everything back where it belongs; otherwise, things easily get lost.
The Bauhaus Sunset Lamp from Simig Lighting embodies a digitally familiar abstraction of the sun, merging minimalist design with practical illumination to create a perfect optical illusion.
"People are always at the core of my designs," Bak shares. "With this desk, I consciously made room for both work and leisure - side by side. When our surroundings adapt to us and our lives, it means we have more time and energy for both work and family."
