Whatever you do, don't call Rafael de Cardenas a maximalist. "Using color doesn't make you a maximalist," quips the designer, reflecting on a word that has dogged him throughout his career. "But I don't care to define my style." In truth, he does resist easy categorization. Since founding his Manhattan firm, Rafael de Cardenas Ltd./Architecture at Large, in 2006, he has completed some 100 projects, from museum installations to furniture to retail and residential spaces, arguably his bread and butter. The whole mix is surveyed in his first (self-titled) monograph, hitting shelves in October. And while through-lines do appear-graphic motifs, unexpected materials, faceted forms-what ultimately emerges is a range of moods, both exuberant and subdued.
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机译：无论您做什么，都不要称Rafael de Cardenas为极简主义者。这位设计师打趣道：“使用颜色并不能使您成为一个极致主义者。”他回想起一个困扰他整个职业生涯的词。 “但是我不在乎定义自己的风格。”实际上，他确实不容易分类。自2006年成立曼哈顿公司Rafael de Cardenas Ltd./Large at Large以来，他已经完成了约100个项目，从博物馆装置到家具再到零售和住宅区，可以说是面包和黄油。整个组合都在他的第一本（同名作品）专着中进行了调查，该专着于10月上架。尽管直通线确实出现了图形图案，但意料之外的材料，刻面形式（最终出现）却是一系列情绪，既旺盛又柔和。
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