Timeline
- 1960s: Minimal art influences design
- 1980s: Luxury restraint becomes brand language
- 2000s: Minimal UI dominates tech
Minimalism strips design down to its essential elements, eliminating anything that does not serve a clear purpose. Emerging from fine art in the 1960s, it became the dominant visual language of tech, luxury branding, and editorial design. White space is not empty — it is intentional breathing room.