Competition won by KittiFarkas

Create a minimalistic living room

Indeed, minimalism is seen frequently in the design world, and we really want to see what you make of it.

Minimalism describes movements in various forms of art and design, [...] where the work is set out to expose the essence or identity of a subject through eliminating all non-essential forms, features or concepts. Minimalism is any design or style in which the simplest and fewest elements are used to create the maximum effect.[...] The term ‘minimalism’ is a trend from early 19th century and gradually became an important movement in response to the over decorated design of the previous period. source

The Bauhaus was a very well known style movement coming from the German school, where functionalism was practitioned which actually advocated that every element of a design should be functional in contrast to decorative styles. Famous words "Less = More" came from Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.
Also in other countries, minimalistic styles are seen. Japanese have always been masters of minimalism.

Find some inspiration here, and good luck!