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minimalicious

Hi,

Does anyone know what the office environment/pay is like in some of the minimalist firms in the UK/ London? I am moving to London to do my masters, but decided to do a little more professional work first. I was thinking of applying to Pawson's, Chipperfield's, Seth Stein, Conder's offices. What is it like? Anyone know anything about these work places? Can you recommend any other offices that might be similar?

danka

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Oct 27, 07 2:23 pm
n_

I don't have any answers to your queries.

But I like your user name.

Oct 27, 07 2:40 pm  · 
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the seats are very uncomfortable at pawson's office

Oct 27, 07 3:04 pm  · 
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binary

thought he/she was talking about techno for a minute....

Oct 27, 07 3:05 pm  · 
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minimalicious

p2an...what are you implying?

Oct 27, 07 3:38 pm  · 
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holz.box

oooh, richie hawtin, alva noto, berg nixon, matthew dear... niiiiice.

Oct 27, 07 3:41 pm  · 
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minimalicious

wankers

Oct 27, 07 3:45 pm  · 
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holz.box

he means they use the hans wegner y chair.




frankly, i'm surprised that many people are allowed to wear black.
it's nice for short durations, but i can't imagine sitting in it all day.

isn't pawson an eton alum w/ loads of family money?

Oct 27, 07 3:48 pm  · 
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holz.box
Oct 27, 07 3:49 pm  · 
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minimalicious

I guess sitting on the floor was not quite an option?

Oct 27, 07 3:59 pm  · 
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holz.box

what's more minimal than a few tatami and an imac?

and who's the dude who's screen is 2x as big as all the others?

Oct 27, 07 4:21 pm  · 
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minimalicious

The lighting in that office looks nice. It almost looks like they are in a 3dstudio/global illumination model. I wonder if anyone has any comments to make about the way it looks at say...3am? Anybody know?

Oct 27, 07 4:30 pm  · 
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binary

-23 minutes

Oct 27, 07 4:35 pm  · 
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minimalicious

self-referentiality doesn't help here

Oct 27, 07 4:43 pm  · 
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Oct 27, 07 4:53 pm  · 
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pretty sure that foto was taken at about 3am

Oct 27, 07 4:56 pm  · 
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binary

?

Oct 27, 07 5:00 pm  · 
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minimalicious

cute butt

Oct 27, 07 5:00 pm  · 
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that butt belongs to Caius Pawson (son of john pawson),
he's part of a DJ collective in london called The Young Turks, seems they organise pretty decent parties.

Oct 27, 07 5:05 pm  · 
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minimalicious

okay you have the inside scoop, spill the beans.

Oct 27, 07 5:10 pm  · 
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binary
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090217/
Oct 27, 07 5:16 pm  · 
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holz.box

isn't that pawson's house? did you get a tour p2an? living it up in NL, man.

Oct 27, 07 5:28 pm  · 
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no no holz, i just stumbled onto caius' flickr page. man the internet is a funny place!

Oct 27, 07 5:35 pm  · 
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holz.box

i just picture you using your c+k sway to get sweet ins to all these great projects.

what's about with all these architects naming their kids after romans?

'twan pedrock - hadrian predock
john pawson - caius pawson

and i know a few others. it's a little wierd.

Oct 27, 07 6:43 pm  · 
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minimalicious

Gaius (Marius) might be a good name too.

Oct 27, 07 6:57 pm  · 
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erjonsn

David Adjaye

Oct 27, 07 7:25 pm  · 
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in very basic terms adjaye is a minimalist

Oct 28, 07 9:39 pm  · 
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minimalicious

I think the pre-fab stuff is a bit strange. Not because the design, but just because prefab is always a bit hermetic. What's the office like? Its a little hard to see what all of his work is like. His site has been down for a while, and the pdf download on the homepage is a bit low quality.

Oct 29, 07 5:56 am  · 
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