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“SIMPLICITY LIFE”.

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E D I T O R I A L LESS from my definition is a fun stands out impressive with careful color selection the expression is more imagination. Based on a very strong concept creates clever elegant design and life style. Speak as fewer words as possible.Through uniqueness and combines uniqueness through tradition, humor and joy but does not mean lack of information.

Executive Editor-in-Chief

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I N T E R V I E W Why less is so much more.

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S H O R T S T O R Y Lov e com i cs by taku satoh. ( f r ee poscar d)

EXI B ITIONS AND EVEN TS Bac c hal l ,Im pact Ar eana,Km i tl .

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Yo u w o n ’ t h e a r t h e m s p o u t E c k h a r t To l l e - e s q u e m a n t r a s , a l t h o u g h s p i r i t u a l h e a l t h i s a d i s t i n c t component of their message. And despite their light eco-footprint, they won’t even call themselves environmentalists. But a life of conscious minimalism has been key to happiness for best friends Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus.

In 2011, the duo ditched a frantic, upwardly-mobile career track that was making them miserable to embrace a lifestyle with the bare minimum of possessions. Their writing and lifestyle recommendations on TheMinimalists.com has struck a chord in our culture of excess, gaining them a following of more than 2 million readers.

Josh and Ryan are currently on tour with their new book, The Minimalists, a chronicle of their journey from mindless excess to mindful minimalism. They took some time out of their Canadian leg to answer questions for LESS.

Joshua Fields Millburn & Ryan Nicodemus write about living a meaningful life with less stuff for 4 million readers. As featured on: A B C , C B S , N B C , B B C , T O D AY, N P R , T I M E , F o r b e s , T h e A t l a n t i c , N e w Yo r k T i m e s , W a l l S t r e e t J o u r n a l , U S A To d a y, a n d N a t i o n a l P o s t .

They live in Missoula, Montana.

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Have you converted a lot of people close

a s p i r i t u a l j o u r n e y, h a s i t a l s o t r a n s l a t e d

to you?

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Yo u r j o u r n e y i n t o m i n i m a l i s m s o u n d s l i k e

JFM: We’re certainly not proselytizing. And, RN: It was neither spiritual nor political

by definition, you can’t “convert” anyone

motivations that led us to minimalism. The

to minimalism. We are simply sharing our

nice thing about minimalism is that it’s not a

recipe with the world in hopes that people

specific, rigid set of rules, which means it can

can tweeze a few ingredients and apply them

co-exist with virtually any spiritual or political

t o t h e i r o w n l i v e s . T h a n k f u l l y, m a n y p e o p l e

b e l i e f s . D u r i n g o u r 1 0 0 - c i t y t o u r, w e ’ v e m e t

including our friends and family members have

orthodox monks, republicans, mormons, CEOs,

found value in our message.

atheists, soccer moms, and even a rabbi -- all of whom were living simpler lives because of

Has having kids changed the game for peo-

minimalism.

ple in your life when it comes to possessions? There are certain things it makes

Would you call yourselves environmental-

sense to hold onto if you’re thinking of

ists?

e x p a n d i n g y o u r f a m i l y.

RN: No, but there are wonderful environmental

JFM: It’s usually a bad idea to hold on to

benefits from minimalism. It’s no secret that

things while waiting for some non-existent,

when you consume less, you have less waste.

hypothetical future. We know many minimalist

Living intentionally is great for the environ-

families, some with as many as six children,

ment.

and what’s important for all of them is never the stuff. The best advice we’ve learned from those minimalist families is: Spend half the m o n e y a n d t w i c e t h e t i m e w i t h y o u r f a m i l y.

The return on your investment will be exponential.

Without stuff to distract you, how do you keep from driving each other crazy?

JFM: Gratitude and support. We’re grateful to have amazing, supportive relationships in our l i v e s - - i n c l u d i n g e a c h o t h e r. O n e o f t h e m o s t important aspects of living a meaningful life is to surround yourself with supportive people.

Yo u c a n ’ t c h a n g e t h e p e o p l e a r o u n d y o u , b u t you can change the people around you.

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into a political one?

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M INIM AL IS M A

BEGINERS

GUIDE

The key idea of minimalism is this: Remove

try to fill that void the best way we know how:

what isn’t adding value to your life, to make

with more stuff, more things to do, more peo-

room for stuff that is /

ple around us. We fill up our schedule to the brim, buy more than we need, stay glued to

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our social media feeds in the fear of missing

c l u t t e r, t i m e c o m m i t m e n t s , n e g a t i v e t h o u g h t

out and go to event after event, even when we

patterns and toxic relationships

want nothing more than to spend our evening reading on the couch.

MORE time, space and energy for things that really matter to you

S o e s s e n t i a l l y, m i n i m a l i s m i s a b o u t f i g u r i n g out which things, people and activities are important to you and which aren’t. Sounds pretty simple, right? The problem is that all too often we are way too caught up in the daily grind to pay any attention to what it is we want in life vs. what we think we should want.

We lose touch with our values and then we

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Get rid of my stuff? But I love my stuff!

Minimalism isn’t a numbers game. Its not about owning as little as possible or doing as little as possible. It’s about owning and doing exactly what you need or want to.

Being a minimalist can mean lots of different things to different people. What one person might find ‘too loud and busy’, might be the perfect minimalist living space for someone else, because it contains all the things she needs for her life and wants to have around h e r.

It’s a common misconception that minimalism is above all about LESS, about subtracting w h a t e v e r p o s s i b l e . B u t r e a l l y, i t ’ s o n l y a b o u t subtracting the bad stuff, the stuff that drains y o u r e n e r g y. A n d t h e n , o n c e y o u h a v e m a d e some room, it’s just as much about adding back in.

So how to start living a simpler life?

Ask questions! What things, people and activities are currently adding value to your life and which aren’t? What do you wish you had more time for? Some questions to get you started.

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exactly you need and want to.”

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I S S E Y M I Y A K E

AKU. SATOH T O K Y O B E S T DES I G N R

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‘A P i e c e O f C l o t h ” . I t i s t h e s e f o u r s i m p l e w o r d s t h a t a c c l a i m e d g r a p h i c d e s i g n e r Ta k u Satoh cites when asked to summarize the essential appeal of Issey Miyake’s creations.

Compressing the complexity of Miyake’s creative designs into such a simple phrase is no mean feat — yet “a piece of cloth” are words that Miyake himself has used to describe the philosophy behind his designs, tapping into t h e d y n a m i c s b e t w e e n b o d y, c l o t h i n g a n d t h e space around them.

A n d S a t o h , i f a n y o n e , s h o u l d k n o w. T h e To k y o - b a s e d d e s i g n e r, w h o i s a l s o a d i r e c t o r at 21_21 Design Sight, has collaborated with Miyake on more than 50 projects over the past 16 years, from perfume packaging to watch advertisements.

Satoh was responsible for the overall construction and direction of the new exhibition, “Miyake Issey Exhibition: The Work of Miyake I s s e y, ” a l o n g s i d e M i y a k e a n d h i s c o l l e a g u e s , in addition to the display of Room C. He recently told The Japan Times what to expect and what inspired him.

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Ta k u S a t o h ’ s m a d e o f r e s e a r c h , c u r i o s i t y and need to know everything about the subject of a new project before designing

The result is an exquisite evergreen design made of a punctual calibration between functionality and aesthetics.

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