{"id":115423,"date":"2017-05-16T18:15:38","date_gmt":"2017-05-16T22:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/?p=115423"},"modified":"2020-07-15T07:28:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-15T11:28:00","slug":"brutalist-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/brutalist-design\/","title":{"rendered":"The Raw Power of Brutalist Design"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_123073\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-123073\" class=\"wp-image-123073 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/eclectic-modern-living-room-new-york-ny-by-michael-haverland-architect-p-c3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/eclectic-modern-living-room-new-york-ny-by-michael-haverland-architect-p-c3.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/eclectic-modern-living-room-new-york-ny-by-michael-haverland-architect-p-c3-525x350.jpg 525w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/eclectic-modern-living-room-new-york-ny-by-michael-haverland-architect-p-c3-120x80.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-123073\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The bare concrete walls of this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/project\/duplex-loft-new-york-ny\/54323\/\">New York loft by Michael Haverland<\/a> embody the brutalist aesthetic, which is softened by walnut trim and colorful furnishings. Photo by Elliott Kaufman, Evan Joseph and Carl Wooley<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>If <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/collections\/art-deco\/\">Art Deco<\/a> is an ice cream sundae, all frothy confection and sprinkles with a gargoyle on top, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/furniture\/style\/brutalist\/\">brutalism<\/a> is a bowl of olives: salty, dark and definitely an acquired taste. The philosophical progeny of the mid-century modernists, brutalist architects like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/645128\/spotlight-alison-and-peter-smithson\">Alison and Peter Smithson<\/a> sought to further the function-first creed of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/creators\/le-corbusier\/\">Le Corbusier<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/creators\/ludwig-mies-van-der-rohe\/\">Mies van der Rohe<\/a> with their heavy concrete monoliths, all rugged texture and modular construction.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And while one may assume the movement\u2019s moniker comes from its anti-aesthetic aesthetic, the term brutalism was actually coined by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/creators\/reyner-banham\/\">architecture critic Reyner Banham<\/a>, modifying it from Le Corbusier\u2019s own reference to <em>b\u00e9ton brut<\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, or raw concrete. Still, the severe style might have been the most criticized architectural movement of the 20th century, even if it was an honest attempt to celebrate the beauty of raw material.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_123123\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-123123\" class=\"wp-image-123123 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/20160818_TIMOTHYGODBOLD_BULLPATH-23.jpg\" alt=\"A brutalist lamp is balanced by sleek tubular vases holding white roses in this East Hampton bedroom designed by Timothy Godbold.\" width=\"500\" height=\"724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/20160818_TIMOTHYGODBOLD_BULLPATH-23.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/20160818_TIMOTHYGODBOLD_BULLPATH-23-242x350.jpg 242w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/20160818_TIMOTHYGODBOLD_BULLPATH-23-83x120.jpg 83w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-123123\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A brutalist lamp is balanced by sleek tubular vases holding white roses in this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/project\/66-east-hampton-bridgehampton-ny\/29283\/\">East Hampton bedroom designed by Timothy Godbold<\/a>. Photo by Rikki Snyder<\/p><\/div>\n<p>At first glance, it\u2019s easy to understand the hate. The brutalists eschewed traditional design tactics like warm tones and cozy textures in favor of a stripped-down, natural look with a socialist bent. The group claimed that their severe style reflected the needs of society in a much more authentic way than did the gilded creations of their elitist predecessors. And it was, in fact, the architects of government buildings, universities and public housing who embraced the trend longer than any other designers, keeping it up well into the 1970s.<\/p>\n<p>But, as James Elkind, owner and founder of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/dealers\/lost-city-arts\/\">New York gallery Lost City Arts<\/a>, puts it, \u201coftentimes with art and design, you have to sit back several decades to appreciate and develop a more objective view of a new genre.\u201d And if anyone can speak to the resurgence of the brutalist design style, it\u2019s Elkind. The longtime dealer remembers back to 1987, when he and a handful of other creative pioneers like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/creators\/keith-haring\/\">Keith Haring<\/a> and Paula Rubenstein set up shop on Lafayette Street, \u201cin yet-to-be-designated Soho territory.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_123163\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-123163\" class=\"wp-image-123163 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0195_l.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"350\"><p id=\"caption-attachment-123163\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/furniture\/tables\/coffee-tables-cocktail-tables\/paul-evans-hand-hammered-patinated-copper-studio-coffee-table-usa-1960s\/id-f_3431823\/\">Paul Evans hand-hammered copper coffee table, 1960s. Offered by Lost City Arts<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>One such entrepreneur, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/02\/19\/garden\/a-vintage-life-in-the-chelsea-hotel.html\">Suzanne Lipschutz<\/a>, began bringing brutalist pieces into her store <a href=\"http:\/\/www.secondhandrose.com\/\">Secondhand Rose<\/a>. It was a progressive move on the dealer\u2019s part and one even her peers didn\u2019t understand at the time. \u201cSomething had gone decidedly wrong with Suzanne Lipschutz and her inventory at Secondhand Rose,\u201d Elkind says, \u201cor so we thought.\u201d In fact, Lipschutz turned out to be a prescient tastemaker. She was one of the first to buy and sell <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/creators\/paul-evans\/\">Paul Evans, the celebrated brutalist furniture maker and sculptor<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Artists like Evans were producing furniture and sculpture in the brutalist tradition during the movement\u2019s peak popularity and, Elkind recalls, \u201cthe look was heavy, rough hewn, imbalanced, unfinished or just plain ugly.\u201d But while the brutalist government buildings in Washington, D.C., seemingly bask in their un-beauty, brutalist decor is much more lyrical, at times taking on a whimsical, romantic quality that its exterior counterparts lack.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_123173\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-123173\" class=\"wp-image-123173 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/JB_27_l.jpg\" alt=\"Planted Vessel sculpture, 2015, by neo-brutalist James Bearden\" width=\"500\" height=\"715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/JB_27_l.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/JB_27_l-245x350.jpg 245w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/JB_27_l-84x120.jpg 84w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-123173\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/furniture\/decorative-objects\/sculptures\/natural-specimens\/james-bearden-potted-plant-sculpture\/id-f_6101383\/\">&#8220;Planted Vessel&#8221; sculpture, 2015, by neo-brutalist James Bearden. Offered by Lowy<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When paired with a sleek round mirror, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/creators\/paul-evans\/furniture\/storage-case-pieces\/\">\u201crough-hewn\u201d Paul Evans credenza<\/a> suddenly seems modern and fresh. And a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/creators\/robert-sonneman\/furniture\/\">Robert Sonneman<\/a> Cityscape chandelier has a surprisingly ornate, warm quality that would look right at home in a bohemian West Village loft.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elkind\u2019s own slow-burn love for brutalism followed a similar trajectory. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He says: \u201cas is often the case, the very best design works of one period tend to mix well with pieces from other periods.\u201d It\u2019s why he so enjoys a \u201cgood brutalist work juxtaposed to the work of artists like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/creators\/harry-bertoia\/\">Harry Bertoia<\/a> and Mark Rothko.\u201d As with anything in life, embracing brutalism is all about balance.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/collections\/brutalist-furniture-and-design\/\">View the Brutalist Collection on 1stdibs<\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":123073,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[106,15522093],"tags":[14489313,14489283,218,15523383,15419803,6833,15419793,14489293,11327183,3963543,220,15421733,15419783,196,15419813,15445473],"dibs-categories":[15565565],"dibs-designs":[],"dibs-styles":[15566853],"dibs-creators":[],"dibs-sellers":[],"class_list":["post-115423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-design-2","category-furniture","tag-brut","tag-brutalism","tag-brutalist","tag-furniture-2","tag-james-elkins","tag-le-corbusier","tag-lost-city-arts","tag-marcel-breuer","tag-megan-perry","tag-michael-haverland","tag-paul-evans","tag-paula-rubenstein","tag-reyner-banham","tag-robert-sonneman","tag-second-hand-rose","tag-suzanne-lipschutz","dibs-categories-dibs-f","dibs-styles-dibs-brutalist"],"acf":{"subtitle":"Learn how to work with this rugged style in your decor.","post_format":"article","interstitial_banners":false,"show_date":true,"show_related_items_footer_popup":false,"slideshows":false,"contributors":{"hide_byline":false,"columnist":[{"ID":361951,"post_author":"1","post_date":"2021-12-14 22:36:38","post_date_gmt":"2021-12-15 03:36:38","post_content":"","post_title":"Megan Perry","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"megan-perry","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2021-12-14 22:36:38","post_modified_gmt":"2021-12-15 03:36:38","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/contributors\/megan-perry\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"contributors","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"photographer":null,"custom_byline":false}},"dibs_designs_tags":null,"dibs_sellers_tags":null,"dibs_creators_tags":null,"dibs_styles_tags":["dibs-brutalist"],"dibs_categories_tags":["dibs-f"],"featured_image_url":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/eclectic-modern-living-room-new-york-ny-by-michael-haverland-architect-p-c3.jpg","post_title":"The Raw Power of Brutalist Design","fimg_url":{"thumbnail":{"source_url":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/eclectic-modern-living-room-new-york-ny-by-michael-haverland-architect-p-c3-120x80.jpg","width":120,"height":80},"medium":{"source_url":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/eclectic-modern-living-room-new-york-ny-by-michael-haverland-architect-p-c3-525x350.jpg","width":525,"height":350},"full":{"source_url":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/eclectic-modern-living-room-new-york-ny-by-michael-haverland-architect-p-c3.jpg","width":580,"height":387}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/eclectic-modern-living-room-new-york-ny-by-michael-haverland-architect-p-c3.jpg","apple_news_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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