Exhibitions

A curated list of past and present exhibitions related to minimalist design principles, featuring works shown in galleries worldwide.

2025

Future Forms: Simplicity in the Digital Age

Future Forms: Simplicity in the Digital Age

Centre Pompidou, Paris, France

An exploration of how minimalist principles are shaping next-generation digital interfaces and experiences, featuring interactive installations and conceptual work.

2024

Order & Flow: The Aesthetics of Information

Order & Flow: The Aesthetics of Information

Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan

Showcasing excellence in data visualization and information design, highlighting projects that bring clarity to complexity through minimalist approaches.

2023

Minimal Impact: Sustainable Design Futures

Minimal Impact: Sustainable Design Futures

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York City, USA

Examining the intersection of minimalism and sustainability, featuring product designs, architectural models, and systems thinking focused on reducing environmental impact.

2022

The Essence of Branding

The Essence of Branding

Design Museum, London, UK

A retrospective on minimalist brand identities developed over the past decade, showcasing logos, packaging, and campaigns that achieve memorability through reduction.

2021

Constructed Space: Grids and Structure

Constructed Space: Grids and Structure

Bauhaus Archive, Berlin, Germany

An academic look at the role of grid systems in graphic design and architecture, tracing their influence from historical movements to contemporary minimalist practice.

2020

Beyond the Surface: Minimalism in Interaction

Beyond the Surface: Minimalism in Interaction

ArtScience Museum, Singapore

Focusing on user experience design, this exhibition explored how minimalist interfaces enhance usability and create intuitive digital interactions.

2019

Nordic Light: Simplicity in Scandinavian Design

Nordic Light: Simplicity in Scandinavian Design

ArkDes, Stockholm, Sweden

Celebrating the enduring influence of Scandinavian design principles – functionality, simplicity, and connection to nature – on global minimalism.

2018

Ma: The Space Between

Ma: The Space Between

21_21 Design Sight, Tokyo, Japan

Inspired by the Japanese concept of 'Ma' (negative space), this exhibition explored the active role of emptiness in composition across various design disciplines.

2017

Type & Form

Type & Form

Museum für Gestaltung, Zürich, Switzerland

An exhibition dedicated to the power of typography in minimalist design, showcasing impactful posters, publications, and digital works where type takes center stage.

2016

Less is More: Early Influences

Less is More: Early Influences

Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City, USA

Tracing the roots of modern minimalism through seminal works from the early 20th century, highlighting key figures and movements that paved the way.

2015

Object Lessons: Reduction in Product Design

Object Lessons: Reduction in Product Design

Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, Germany

Showcasing iconic product designs that exemplify the 'less is more' philosophy, focusing on material honesty and functional purity.

2014

Emergent Simplicity: Student Showcase

Emergent Simplicity: Student Showcase

Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA), Glasgow, Scotland

A curated selection of works from emerging designers exploring minimalist themes in their final year projects across graphic design, interaction, and product design.