Large Brutalist Mixed Metals Owl Sculpture Attributed to Sergio Bustamante
By Sergio Bustamante
Located in San Diego, CA
A large intricate Brutalist sculpture of a standing owl, attributed to the renowned Mexican artist Sergio Bustamante, circa 1970s.
Metal, Brass
Brutalist Solid Parota Wood Geometric Totems, Set of 3 "Tótems-1:3"
Located in Zapopan, MX
Part of the "Asentamientos" series, the "Asentamientos-CL" tabletop sculpture is meticulously crafted from a curated selection of varied solid hardwoods. The composition features a d...
Wood
Big Size Brutalist Elephant Figure in the Style of to Sergio Bustamante
By Sergio Bustamante
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Sergio Bustamante is a Mexican Artist and sculptor. He began with paintings and papier mache figures, inaugurating the first exhibit of his works at the Galeria Misracha in Mexico Ci...
Brass
Brutalist Console Table in Wood Veneer, Sideboard Podio by Nono
By Joel Escalona
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Podio rectangular console table The nono design team presents a console table that exudes elegance and modernity. The foundation of this piece is a cluster of cylindrical columns, p...
Plywood
Brutalist Console Table in Wood Veneer, Sideboard Podio by NONO
By Joel Escalona
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Podio Rectangular Console Table The NONO design team presents a console table that exudes elegance and modernity. The foundation of this piece is a cluster of cylindrical columns, p...
Plywood
Brutalist Console Table in Black Wood Veneer, Sideboard Podio by Nono
By Joel Escalona
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Podio rectangular console table The NONO design team presents a console table that exudes elegance and modernity. The foundation of this piece is a cluster of cylindrical columns, p...
Plywood
The Day After - Contemporary stone mosaic - Luis Barragán scene
By Aldo Álvarez Tostado
Located in Guadalajara, MX
Part of the "On Monumentality" series, this wall-mounted mosaic evokes architectural vignettes from Mexico’s layered history through a refined assemblage of quarried and volcanic sto...
Stone
Elefante by NONO Console 20, Slender Oak Elegance, Substantial Presence
By NONO
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
This exquisite line is a symphony of form and function, deeply rooted in the architectural ethos of Mexican Modernism and the stark, powerful aesthetics of Brutalist design.
Hardwood
$9,364Sale Price / item|20% Off
Svelte Elefante Console 18, NONO Design, Tactile Wood Finish
By NONO
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
This exquisite line is a symphony of form and function, deeply rooted in the architectural ethos of Mexican Modernism and the stark, powerful aesthetics of Brutalist design.
Hardwood
NONO Elefante Buffet 15, Solid Wood, Understated Design Detail
By NONO
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
This exquisite line is a symphony of form and function, deeply rooted in the architectural ethos of Mexican Modernism and the stark, powerful aesthetics of Brutalist design.
Hardwood
Elefante Side Table 1, Joel Escalona, Solid Wood Elegance
By Joel Escalona
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
This exquisite line is a symphony of form and function, deeply rooted in the architectural ethos of Mexican Modernism and the stark, powerful aesthetics of Brutalist design.
Hardwood
$7,200Sale Price / item|20% Off
NONO Elefante Side Table 15, Solid Walnut Wood, Bold Organic Forms
By Joel Escalona
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
This exquisite line is a symphony of form and function, deeply rooted in the architectural ethos of Mexican Modernism and the stark, powerful aesthetics of Brutalist design.
Hardwood
Elefante Side Table 5 by Joel Escalona, Solid Wood, Artistic Curves
By Joel Escalona
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
This exquisite line is a symphony of form and function, deeply rooted in the architectural ethos of Mexican Modernism and the stark, powerful aesthetics of Brutalist design.
Hardwood
Elefante Side Table 1, Joel Escalona, Solid Wood Elegance
By Joel Escalona
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
This exquisite line is a symphony of form and function, deeply rooted in the architectural ethos of Mexican Modernism and the stark, powerful aesthetics of Brutalist design.
Hardwood
Joel Escalona Elefante Side Table 17, Hefty Rounded Form, Solid Walnut Wood
By Joel Escalona
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
This exquisite line is a symphony of form and function, deeply rooted in the architectural ethos of Mexican Modernism and the stark, powerful aesthetics of Brutalist design.
Hardwood
"Yampolsky en Danghú" — Lava stone Triptych, framed in oak.
By Aldo Álvarez Tostado
Located in Guadalajara, MX
Part of the "On Monumentality" series, this triptych reimagines a photograph taken by American-born Mexican photographer Mariana Yampolsky, in the town of Danghú, state of Hidalgo. T...
Stone, Lava
$10,000 / item
Red Oak Wood Unseen Force #34 Coffee Table by NONO
By Joel Escalona
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Solid Wood Mastery Unseen Force #34 Joel Escalona's Coffee Table Art Sculptural coffee table made of solid wood with a natural water-based or carbonized finish. Due to the nature o...
Hardwood
$12,705Sale Price / item|20% Off
Living Room Table Serie 99 – Sereno by NONO in Solid Wood for Refined Spaces
By Joel Escalona
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Living Room Table Serie 99 – Sereno by NONO in Solid Wood for Refined Spaces ——— Sereno Coffee Table Series – A Note from Joel Escalona What happens when structure becomes art? ...
Hardwood
Living Room Coffee Table Serie 91 – Sereno by NONO with Pebble Legs
By Joel Escalona
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Living Room Coffee Table Serie 91 – Sereno by NONO with Pebble Legs ——— Sereno Coffee Table Series – A Note from Joel Escalona What happens when structure becomes art? These are...
Hardwood
Solid Wood Cocktail Table Serie 38 – Sereno by Joel Escalona for Interior Projec
By Joel Escalona
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Solid Wood Cocktail Table Serie 38 – Sereno by Joel Escalona for Interior Projects ———— Sereno Coffee Table Series – A Note from Joel Escalona What happens when structure becomes ...
Hardwood
Round Fundamenta Coffee 51 Geometric Wood, Modern Appeal by NONO
By NONO
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Round Fundamenta Coffee 51 Geometric Wood, Modern Appeal by NONO Sculptural coffee table made of solid wood with a natural water-based or black tinted finish. Due to the nature of...
Hardwood
Sereno Center Table Serie 3 by NONO – Minimalist Design with Pebble Legs
By Joel Escalona
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Sereno Center Table Serie 2 by NONO – Minimalist Design with Pebble Legs ——— Sereno Coffee Table Series – A Note from Joel Escalona What happens when structure becomes art? These...
Hardwood
NONO Elefante Side Table 3, Solid Walnut Wood, Heavy Sculptural Design
By Joel Escalona
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
This exquisite line is a symphony of form and function, deeply rooted in the architectural ethos of Mexican Modernism and the stark, powerful aesthetics of Brutalist design.
Hardwood
Elefante Side Table 9 by NONO, Solid Walnut Wood, Ornamental Design
By Joel Escalona
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
This exquisite line is a symphony of form and function, deeply rooted in the architectural ethos of Mexican Modernism and the stark, powerful aesthetics of Brutalist design.
Hardwood
Elefante Side Table 11, Solid Walnut Wood, Heavy Aesthetic, SET OF TWO
By Joel Escalona
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
This exquisite line is a symphony of form and function, deeply rooted in the architectural ethos of Mexican Modernism and the stark, powerful aesthetics of Brutalist design.
Hardwood
NONO Elefante Side Table 15, Solid Walnut Wood, Bold Organic Forms
By Joel Escalona
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
This exquisite line is a symphony of form and function, deeply rooted in the architectural ethos of Mexican Modernism and the stark, powerful aesthetics of Brutalist design.
Hardwood
Elefante Side Table 18 by Joel Escalona, Solid Walnut Wood, Decorative Spheres
By Joel Escalona
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
This exquisite line is a symphony of form and function, deeply rooted in the architectural ethos of Mexican Modernism and the stark, powerful aesthetics of Brutalist design.
Hardwood
$7,200Sale Price / item|20% Off
Elefante Side Table 13 by NONO, Solid Walnut Wood, Dynamic Shapes
By Joel Escalona
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
This exquisite line is a symphony of form and function, deeply rooted in the architectural ethos of Mexican Modernism and the stark, powerful aesthetics of Brutalist design.
Hardwood
NONO Elefante Side Table 16, Organic Curves, Solid Walnut Wood Elegance
By Joel Escalona
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
This exquisite line is a symphony of form and function, deeply rooted in the architectural ethos of Mexican Modernism and the stark, powerful aesthetics of Brutalist design.
Hardwood
Joel Escalona Elefante Side Table 17, Hefty Rounded Form, Solid Walnut Wood
By Joel Escalona
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
This exquisite line is a symphony of form and function, deeply rooted in the architectural ethos of Mexican Modernism and the stark, powerful aesthetics of Brutalist design.
Hardwood
$7,200Sale Price / item|20% Off
NONO Elefante Side Table 19, Sculptural Walnut Wood Shapes
By Joel Escalona
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
This exquisite line is a symphony of form and function, deeply rooted in the architectural ethos of Mexican Modernism and the stark, powerful aesthetics of Brutalist design.
Hardwood
Joel Escalona Elefante Side Table 14, Hefty and Artistic, Solid Walnut Wood
By Joel Escalona
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
This exquisite line is a symphony of form and function, deeply rooted in the architectural ethos of Mexican Modernism and the stark, powerful aesthetics of Brutalist design.
Hardwood
Joel Escalona Elefante Side Table 2, Rounded Organic Form Walnut Wood
By Joel Escalona
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
This exquisite line is a symphony of form and function, deeply rooted in the architectural ethos of Mexican Modernism and the stark, powerful aesthetics of Brutalist design.
Hardwood
Joel Escalona's Elefante Side Table 4, Solid Walnut Wood, Organic Shapes
By Joel Escalona
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
This exquisite line is a symphony of form and function, deeply rooted in the architectural ethos of Mexican Modernism and the stark, powerful aesthetics of Brutalist design.
Hardwood
$7,200Sale Price / item|20% Off
NONO Elefante Side Table 7, Solid Walnut Wood, Sculptural Elegance
By Joel Escalona
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
This exquisite line is a symphony of form and function, deeply rooted in the architectural ethos of Mexican Modernism and the stark, powerful aesthetics of Brutalist design.
Hardwood
Joel Escalona's Elefante Side Table 8, Hefty Organic Look, Walnut Wood
By Joel Escalona
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
This exquisite line is a symphony of form and function, deeply rooted in the architectural ethos of Mexican Modernism and the stark, powerful aesthetics of Brutalist design.
Hardwood
Joel Escalona Elefante Side Table 6, Weighty Design, Walnut Wood
By Joel Escalona
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
This exquisite line is a symphony of form and function, deeply rooted in the architectural ethos of Mexican Modernism and the stark, powerful aesthetics of Brutalist design.
Hardwood
$7,200Sale Price / item|20% Off
Joel Escalona's Elefante Side Table 12, Rounded Silhouette, Walnut Wood
By Joel Escalona
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
This exquisite line is a symphony of form and function, deeply rooted in the architectural ethos of Mexican Modernism and the stark, powerful aesthetics of Brutalist design.
Hardwood
Elefante Side Table 1, Joel Escalona, Solid Walnut Wood Elegance
By Joel Escalona
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
This exquisite line is a symphony of form and function, deeply rooted in the architectural ethos of Mexican Modernism and the stark, powerful aesthetics of Brutalist design.
Hardwood
$9,000 / item
NONO Elefante Side Table 19, Sculptural Wood Shapes
By Joel Escalona
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
This exquisite line is a symphony of form and function, deeply rooted in the architectural ethos of Mexican Modernism and the stark, powerful aesthetics of Brutalist design.
Hardwood
Joel Escalona's Elefante Side Table 12, Rounded Silhouette, Decorative Craft
By Joel Escalona
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
This exquisite line is a symphony of form and function, deeply rooted in the architectural ethos of Mexican Modernism and the stark, powerful aesthetics of Brutalist design.
Hardwood
Joel Escalona Elefante Side Table 20, Solid Wood, Artistic Stack
By Joel Escalona
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
This exquisite line is a symphony of form and function, deeply rooted in the architectural ethos of Mexican Modernism and the stark, powerful aesthetics of Brutalist design.
Hardwood
Joel Escalona Elefante Side Table 6, Weighty Design, Elegant Rounds
By Joel Escalona
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
This exquisite line is a symphony of form and function, deeply rooted in the architectural ethos of Mexican Modernism and the stark, powerful aesthetics of Brutalist design.
Hardwood
Joel Escalona's Elefante Side Table 4, Organic Shapes, Decorative Detail
By Joel Escalona
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
This exquisite line is a symphony of form and function, deeply rooted in the architectural ethos of Mexican Modernism and the stark, powerful aesthetics of Brutalist design.
Hardwood
NONO Elefante Side Table 7, Solid Wood, Sculptural Elegance
By Joel Escalona
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
This exquisite line is a symphony of form and function, deeply rooted in the architectural ethos of Mexican Modernism and the stark, powerful aesthetics of Brutalist design.
Hardwood
$7,200Sale Price / item|20% Off
Elefante Side Table 11, Solid Wood, Heavy Aesthetic, SET OF TWO SMALL TABLES
By Joel Escalona
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
This exquisite line is a symphony of form and function, deeply rooted in the architectural ethos of Mexican Modernism and the stark, powerful aesthetics of Brutalist design.
Hardwood
NONO Elefante Side Table 15, Solid Wood, Bold Organic Forms
By Joel Escalona
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
This exquisite line is a symphony of form and function, deeply rooted in the architectural ethos of Mexican Modernism and the stark, powerful aesthetics of Brutalist design.
Hardwood
Joel Escalona Elefante Side Table 10, Sculptural Wood Rounds
By Joel Escalona
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
This exquisite line is a symphony of form and function, deeply rooted in the architectural ethos of Mexican Modernism and the stark, powerful aesthetics of Brutalist design.
Hardwood
$7,200Sale Price / item|20% Off
Joel Escalona's Elefante Side Table 8, Hefty Organic Look
By Joel Escalona
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
This exquisite line is a symphony of form and function, deeply rooted in the architectural ethos of Mexican Modernism and the stark, powerful aesthetics of Brutalist design.
Hardwood
Elefante Side Table 9 by NONO, Solid Wood, Ornamental Design
By Joel Escalona
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
This exquisite line is a symphony of form and function, deeply rooted in the architectural ethos of Mexican Modernism and the stark, powerful aesthetics of Brutalist design.
Hardwood
Elefante Side Table 5 by Joel Escalona, Solid Wood, Artistic Curves
By Joel Escalona
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
This exquisite line is a symphony of form and function, deeply rooted in the architectural ethos of Mexican Modernism and the stark, powerful aesthetics of Brutalist design.
Hardwood
$7,200Sale Price / item|20% Off
Joel Escalona Elefante Side Table 2, Rounded Organic Form
By Joel Escalona
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
This exquisite line is a symphony of form and function, deeply rooted in the architectural ethos of Mexican Modernism and the stark, powerful aesthetics of Brutalist design.
Hardwood
Joel Escalona Elefante Side Table 14, Hefty and Artistic
By Joel Escalona
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
This exquisite line is a symphony of form and function, deeply rooted in the architectural ethos of Mexican Modernism and the stark, powerful aesthetics of Brutalist design.
Hardwood
$7,200Sale Price / item|20% Off
Elefante Side Table 18 by Joel Escalona, Solid Wood, Decorative Spheres
By Joel Escalona
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
This exquisite line is a symphony of form and function, deeply rooted in the architectural ethos of Mexican Modernism and the stark, powerful aesthetics of Brutalist design.
Hardwood
NONO Elefante Side Table 3, Solid Wood, Heavy Sculptural Design
By Joel Escalona
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
This exquisite line is a symphony of form and function, deeply rooted in the architectural ethos of Mexican Modernism and the stark, powerful aesthetics of Brutalist design.
Hardwood
NONO Elefante Side Table 16, Organic Curves, Solid Wood Elegance
By Joel Escalona
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
This exquisite line is a symphony of form and function, deeply rooted in the architectural ethos of Mexican Modernism and the stark, powerful aesthetics of Brutalist design.
Hardwood
Elefante Side Table 1, Joel Escalona, Solid Wood Elegance
By Joel Escalona
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
This exquisite line is a symphony of form and function, deeply rooted in the architectural ethos of Mexican Modernism and the stark, powerful aesthetics of Brutalist design.
Hardwood
The design of brutalist furniture encompasses that which is crafted, hewn and worked by hand — an aesthetic rebuke (or, at least, a counterpoint) to furniture that is created using 21st-century materials and technology. Lately, the word “brutalist” has been adopted by the realms of furniture design and the decorative arts to refer to chairs, cabinets, tables and accessory pieces such as mirror frames and lighting that are made of rougher, deeply textured metals and other materials that are the visual and palpable antithesis of the sleek, smooth and suave.
ORIGINS OF BRUTALIST FURNITURE DESIGN
CHARACTERISTICS OF BRUTALIST FURNITURE DESIGN
BRUTALIST FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
VINTAGE BRUTALIST FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
The term brutalism — which derives from the French word brut, meaning “raw” — was coined by architecture critic Reyner Banham to describe an architectural style that emerged in the 1950s featuring monumental buildings, usually made of unornamented concrete, whose design was meant to project an air of strength and solidity.
Le Corbusier essentially created the brutalist style; its best-known iterations in the United States are the Whitney Museum of American Art, which was designed by Marcel Breuer, and Paul Rudolph's Yale Art and Architecture Building. 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. But while the brutalist government buildings in Washington, D.C., seemingly bask in their un-beauty, brutalist interior design and decor is much more lyrical, at times taking on a whimsical, romantic quality that its exterior counterparts lack.
Paul Evans is Exhibit A for brutalist furniture design. His Sculpture Front cabinets laced with high-relief patinated steel mounts have become collector's items nonpareil, while the chairs, coffee table and dining table in his later Cityscape series and Sculpted Bronze series for Directional Furniture are perhaps the most expressive, attention-grabbing pieces in American modern design. Other exemplary brutalist designers are Silas Seandel, the idiosyncratic New York furniture designer and sculptor whose works in metal — in particular his tables — have a kind of brawny lyricism, and Curtis Jere, a nom-de-trade for the California team of Curtis Freiler and Jerry Fels, the bold makers of expressive scorched and sheared copper and brass mirror frames and wall-mounted sculptures.
Brutalist furniture and sculptures remain popular with interior designers and can lend unique, eccentric, human notes to an art and design collection in any home.
Find authentic vintage brutalist chairs, coffee tables, decorative objects and other furniture on 1stDibs.
The mid-20th-century design style is defined by its angular shapes and use of raw materials.
A new generation of creative minds is reinventing the use of clay through sculptural forms and bold ideas.
Learn how to work with this rugged style in your decor.