It's not about asceticism, there's just a pleasure in seemingly empty spaces. It's difficult not to accumulate stuff and it's a full time job keeping what you have to a minimum, but there are benefits

John Pawson

I really love the purity and simplicity of John Pawson's work, which I blogged about (albeit briefly) some time ago; it's a design ethos that is clearly reflected in this statement that I ripped off from an interview that he did with Mr Porter.