Gael Manes, in imagining the trademark Minimalist Editions, has a concept firmly in mind: optimize. Understood as the ability in designing furniture and accessories, to eliminate the unnecessary and master the depletion of natural resources. Excessive consumption, which leads to a lack of space, pollution, and poverty, should be avoided in every way: in construction as in style. This meaning that his design, made only with noble materials from the know-how of the craftsmen in France, goes to respond to concrete needs, achieved through a sober aesthetic that emphasizes the use of quality raw materials, where optimizing means reducing resources in materials, manufacturing and transportation, but also multifunctional. The continuous search for innovative concepts makes the production include a 360-degree vision about life at home, ranging from furniture to accessories for the table, each of which, for material and construction, encourages local production. Minimalist Editions in fact is based in Brest, and the expertise that it cares about is entirely French with the intention, however, to communicate internationally (that’s the reason why the brand name can be read in English as in French) as crafts realities, small and rooted in the territory, are able to evolve stylistically and produce innovative content too. A concept design that stands as a commitment: environmental, qualitative and, of course, aesthetic.
