In the ever-evolving world of art and design, trends come and go with dizzying speed. For years, two seemingly opposite aesthetics have dominated the conversation: minimalism and maximalism. These ...

Every year, design journalists heatedly discuss whether we’re in a maximalist or minimalist moment. As one of those writers myself, I understand the impulse and admit that I’ve occasionally jumped ...

Since the birth of modernism more than a century ago, the ethos of “less is more” — a motto famously adopted by German architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe — has become synonymous with sophistication.

Okay, let’s back up. It’s easy to equate maximalism with a love of stuff, but that doesn’t tell the whole story. On its own, maximalist interior design principles embody the idea that leaning into the ...