Could other marketers achieve similar effects with slightly less minimalist ditties?
Alejandra Ramirez's slightly teasing minimalist approach to flamenco was charming, in a fine company completed by Ana Romero, Eva Marin and the boyish Noe Barroso.
The cups themselves don't sport any buttons or branding, making for a slightly more minimalist aesthetic.
Bibliophiles can pop into Libreria Acqua Alta, a slightly chaotic minimalists' nightmare, but what other bookshop in the world stores its collection in bathtubs, waterproof containers, and even a gondola?
It's gorgeously minimalist but slightly too minimal.
His scores bore titles like "Diodia," "Apocalypse" and "Agraphon". And being slow, spare and repetitive, they earned him the affectionate but slightly mocking label Holy Minimalist, a term that survivors of his three-hour "Resurrection" or seven-hour "Veil of the Temple" might challenge.
Donna Karan was minimalist -- slightly gray metallic and quite fuzzy.
A minimalist with a slightly arty bent, she came up with a beautiful collection that combined clean lines and round sculptural shapes.
The resulting two 20-minutes pieces are minimalist, lush, and slightly off-kilter, with the voices of the employees and Skype hang-up tones consistently interrupting the music.
There is much more in the show, including a couple of Raoul Middleman's ebullient, slightly risque monoprints; Carol Frost's subtle, minimalist acrylic-on-linen pieces; and a Madeleine Dietz's gray-on-black etching that achieves compelling elegance.
The wilting, minimalist tracks, slow-paced and slightly melancholy, recall the ambient works of Satie and Eno; they drift in the background as you build, sometimes just a few piano notes sounding as night draws in on your blocky world.
