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Richard Yasmine Highlights Overconsumption in Size Matters

05.19.21 | By
Richard Yasmine Highlights Overconsumption in Size Matters

Richard Yasmine’s Size Matters highlights overconsumption, inspired by pared down art and the boldness of simple graphic shapes. The directness of such a primitive approach allows for the endless creation of intriguing shapes. Yasmine’s voluminous pieces of furniture are made using cylinders, cubes, prism, parallelepipeds and more. Brass, glass, recycled compacted material and oversized fabric are pulled together using a belt to form useful objects.

table and chair

Yasmine’s end goal is to highlight overconsumption. By using excessive amounts of fabric – the opposite of the rethink and reduce mentality – Size Matters highlights the less is more theory. The stripped down essentials, chairs and tables, use the bare minimum required to classify them as such. Discarding anything extra or excessive.

table

chairs

chair and stool

shelves and stool

stool and table

table

armchair

collection of furniture

To learn more about Size Matters, visit richardyasmine.com.

Kelly Beall is Director of Branded Content at Design Milk. The Pittsburgh-based writer and designer has had a deep love of art and design for as long as she can remember, from Fashion Plates to MoMA and far beyond. When not searching out the visual arts, she's likely sharing her favorite finds with others. Kelly can also be found tracking down new music, teaching herself to play the ukulele, or on the couch with her three pets – Bebe, Rainey, and Remy. Find her @designcrush on social.