Comments on: Ideal Live/Work Space: Aeolab’s Nikita Pashenkov and Elise Co http://www.hermanmiller.com/lifework/ideal-livework-space-aeolabs-nikita-pashenkov-and-elise-co/ Lifework Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:43:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: rebecca niederlander http://www.hermanmiller.com/lifework/ideal-livework-space-aeolabs-nikita-pashenkov-and-elise-co/comment-page-1/#comment-3639 rebecca niederlander Thu, 25 Aug 2011 04:37:54 +0000 http://www.hermanmiller.com/lifework/?p=10262#comment-3639 Samuel, exactly it is contradictory! STORAGE, and how we strive for a clean look...but have all the "stuff" of life are really fascinating questions. Aeolab does amazing and brilliant work (with advanced degrees from MIT and a stint at the MIT Media Lab, it comes as no surprise), but still storage and organizing an office space are complicated questions. Would love to know your thoughts on this! Samuel, exactly it is contradictory!

STORAGE, and how we strive for a clean look…but have all the “stuff” of life are really fascinating questions.

Aeolab does amazing and brilliant work (with advanced degrees from MIT and a stint at the MIT Media Lab, it comes as no surprise), but still storage and organizing an office space are complicated questions.

Would love to know your thoughts on this!

]]> By: Samuel Pate http://www.hermanmiller.com/lifework/ideal-livework-space-aeolabs-nikita-pashenkov-and-elise-co/comment-page-1/#comment-3619 Samuel Pate Wed, 24 Aug 2011 16:17:40 +0000 http://www.hermanmiller.com/lifework/?p=10262#comment-3619 This article opened with a blatant contradictory statement: "We like a clean, minimal and zen space with lots of natural light but we are pack rats who like to leave things out (e.g. we don’t put things away), and we have many things in progress in parallel which need space........." Pack rats who like to leave things out are not minimalist minded with a focus on zen space. It's OK to acknowledge being a pack rat and one who enjoys the interaction with objects and things in your living space. It shows you actually have a personality and are not a Rosa Tabula or blank slate. Too many hip young designers today identify with the minimalist movement (reflective fantasies from the 40s and 50s) and attempt to replicate what's cool with their personal twist of creative thrown in. Read "thrown in" as it is intended. I do love this blog space. Thanks. This article opened with a blatant contradictory statement: “We like a clean, minimal and zen space with lots of natural light but we are pack rats who like to leave things out (e.g. we don’t put things away), and we have many things in progress in parallel which need space………” Pack rats who like to leave things out are not minimalist minded with a focus on zen space. It’s OK to acknowledge being a pack rat and one who enjoys the interaction with objects and things in your living space. It shows you actually have a personality and are not a Rosa Tabula or blank slate. Too many hip young designers today identify with the minimalist movement (reflective fantasies from the 40s and 50s) and attempt to replicate what’s cool with their personal twist of creative thrown in. Read “thrown in” as it is intended. I do love this blog space. Thanks.

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