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Featured Project: The Laurel

Minima and The Laurel collaborate once again on another model apartment. Modern Luxury Interiors magazine’s feature article shows the sophisticated haven that is unit 2903.

“Our goal is always to create something beautiful that initially seduces upon first meeting and then creates enduring emotions for many years to come.” - Michael Schmick, co-owner of Minima.

The custom Porro closets are designed by the Minima team to fit perfectly in the space. With Porro, Minima can offer over 20 different wood finishes and a wide array of colors for custom storage designs.

“The sleek, refined, yet minimalistic furniture style was the perfect match for The Laurel’s modern architecture” - Brian Emmons, Southern Land Company


Interior Designer: Minima
Artwork: Pentimenti Gallery

Featured project of the month:
Main Line Home

After successfully furnishing their city pied-à-terre, these clients knew they had to work with Minima and Jill to design and furnish their Main Line home. This project beautifully blends timeless elegance with modern sophistication. Minotti’s sleek, luxurious furniture creates an ideal balance with the traditional architecture of the home.

The use of dark charcoal gray in the formal living room is a bold choice, but the reflective materials—like the scalloped capiz shell tiles in the niche and patina-effect ceiling treatment—bring a sense of lightness and depth, which makes the space feel both dramatic and dynamic.

In contrast, the family room, bathed in natural light and featuring warm, earthy tones, offers a serene, welcoming atmosphere. This careful juxtaposition of light and dark, natural and reflective materials, creates a dynamic interplay of moods between the two spaces, providing a perfect balance of luxury and comfort.

The mix of Arte wall coverings, luxurious lighting, and carefully chosen rugs suggests a cohesive design approach, one that combines texture, color, and craftsmanship in every detail for a sophisticated yet welcoming space overall.

The Minima team had an incredible time at the Design Excellence Awards Celebration held at The Art Museum! It was an honor to be part of such an inspiring event and to preview the stunning exhibition, Things in Themselves, the first major U.S. exhibition celebrating Naoto Fukasawa’s career over the past 25 years.

We’re excited to share some photos from the event and introduce few iconic pieces that can be purchased through Minima’s showroom.

“Za” Stool
2021

“Half Dome” Floor Lamp
2023

Bent Glass Bench
2012

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Through April 20, 2025

With an approach to functional design that prioritizes ease of use, aesthetic simplicity, and close attention to the ways that mundane objects and environments record our everyday habits, Tokyo-based product designer Naoto Fukasawa has been a hugely influential force in design for more than two decades. Best-known for his prior work as design director of MUJI—the Japanese “anti-brand” consumer goods company—Fukasawa has designed across a broad range of categories and media. Whether shaping electronics for a global market or collaborating with artisanal firms on fine furniture, Fukasawa advocates for a design philosophy of longevity, accessibility, and subtle humor over novelty, ephemerality, or blatant commercialism.

Presenting fully-realized production designs alongside the studio’s working sketches and models for select projects, Things in Themselves offers a rare opportunity to explore Fukasawa’s design ethos—prizing an essential “fit” between objects, users, and their environments—and creative process.

Introducing Gap, the wall unit bookcase designed by Carlo Tamborrini—a perfect blend of sculptural elegance and functional design.

It consists of a backdrop, thin shelves and an outer metal frame that generates a strong aesthetic sign that acts as a book-end as well as a light source, thanks to the built-in LED strip that runs through its perimeter. Its compact vertical design is ideal for illuminating and enhancing any space, and the LED lights can be adjusted via a smartphone app.

Available in two stunning finishes: Rosso Cina and Grigio Piombo.

Visit us at 118 N 3rd Street to experience the elegance and craftsmanship of Gap in person.