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Photos of Bernadette’s colorful maximalist bathroom.
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This is a vibe- it would make me nutzo trying to keep it clean, though. Love the painted door.
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This at least makes me want to hang up my new shower curtain.
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So amazing, isn’t it?
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5 Dramatic Looks Guaranteed To Make Your Bathroom Instagram-Worthy
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There are bathroom designs, and then there are bathroom designs—innovative and impactful looks that go above and beyond any bathroom we’ve ever seen. And this week we are bringing them directly to you.
Like we always do, we scrolled through hundreds of posts on Instagram to find the most popular decor, this time with a view to the loo. And right now, “drama” seems to be the decor mantra du jour.
With dark and sumptuous wallpaper and stunning romantic extras, this week will give you more than a few inspired ideas to take your bathroom out of its pandemic phase, and into the realm of magazine-style interiors. Here are five bathroom looks that are quite simply beyond.
1. Window mirror
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Is your bathroom looking a little dark and gloomy these days? Then bring in some light with a window mirror like this one from @stacyzaringoldberg.
“There is no design law written that you must have a plain mirror in your bathroom,” says Michelle Harrison-McAllister of Michelle Harrison Design. “This one mirrors the look of a window and brings a touch of the old world to your box-size restroom.”
The unexpected piece is a conversation starter that could spark your guests’ memories of past European vacations.
Get the look: Shop this Barnett metal mirror from Overstock to bring that old-world charm into your bathroom.
2. Terra-cotta everything
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I haven’t posted in almost a week because I’ve been working really hard on the snug room makeover. Hoping to show you some of what I’ve been doing over the next couple of days. As much as I’m excited for cosy nights in watching films in there, I’ll miss the garden massively over autumn/winter. Does anyone else feel like that? ☀️ ☹️ . . . . . . . . . . #bathroom #bathroomdecor #bathroominsoo #bathroomsofinstagram #terracottapaint #sumatranmelody4 #cinammonsprinkle #stencilledfloor #stencilling #bohemianvintage #colourfulinteriors #colourfulhome #bohemianbathroom #apartmenttherapy #interior4u #bathroomgoals #pinkbathroom #whitewalls #interiorismo #interiormilk #bathroomflooring #cornerofmyhome
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Although pink is very much still having its moment, there’s also a new rosy hue in town—and we’re seeing it on everything, like on this door and tiling featured by @iamhayleystuart.
“Terra cotta has been around for quite some time, making it a comforting color,” says designer Amy Peltier of Peltier Interiors. “This space works well paired with the softer blush tones of the cabinet.”
Many Spanish-style homes have also embraced terra-cotta floors of late because they’re traditional but also work with modern schemes, Peltier adds. In fact, the red-brown hue was even Sherwin-Williams’ color of the year in 2019.
Get the look: Grab a can of Cavern Clay by Sherwin-Williams, and put some desert rose vibes in your bathroom.
3. Dark ‘jungalow’ walls
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Bathrooms are a great place to experiment with a little drama, and nothing gets the job right quite like this dark “jungalow” (“jungle” and “bungalow”) wallpaper featured by @ferns_and_filigree.
“Dark colors are back,” says Brenna Morgan of Brenna Morgan Interiors. “But we haven’t lost our love of botanicals, and this trend is a perfect mix of the two. Dark jungalow wallpaper can really make a statement in a small space like a powder room.”
Get the look: Set the mood with this Ashford House Fiji Garden wallpaper from DecoratorsBest.
4. Wall-mounted faucets
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When a clean bathroom looks like a great Friday night. 💙 Design: @studiomcgee Photo: @lucycall We’ve posted this before, but some things are worth repeating. Still in love with this #smcaliforniatraditional home by @studiomcgee. They used the Katie sconce by @visualcomfortco in bronze and paired it with brass plumbing + @benjaminmoore’s Polaris Blue on the cabinetry. And for anyone who has a tough time mixing metals (myself included), they’re showing us how it’s done – matching hardware to your light fixture and doing a contrasting color on your plumbing creates an effortless, layered effect that when combined with your own personal touches (baskets, accessories, towels, etc) really blends and creates a cohesive space. Wishing everyone a beautiful weekend! ✨
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When your faucets are as flashy and artsy as these ones from @mmlighting, they deserve their own wall space.
“Wall-mounted faucets are an awesome design trend that will level up your bathroom game,” says Morgan. “Wall-mounted faucets take up less precious countertop real estate in a bathroom and add a little element of surprise.
“Faucets and fixtures are the jewelry of the bathroom, so make it count,” she adds.
Get the look: Find the perfect statement for your bathroom by shopping this collection of wall-mount faucets from Lowe’s.
5. Dresser vanities
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What is your favorite part of this bathroom from @thesassybarn?⁠ On the floor is our Fleur pattern cement tile. ⁠ ⁠ Prepare yourselves… this week I’m going to DIY my feelings as my parents will leave on Wednesday… their trip went by fast!! I’ve had the best time with them visiting Austin and I and am counting down the days till their next visit! Speaking of DIY- what are some fall DIYs y’all would like to see?! ⁠ ⁠ #bathroom #bathroomdesign #farmhousestyle #farmhousebathroom #DIY #home #homedesign #dressersink #rustic #vintagedecor #bhghome #mycountryhome #countryliving #riadtile #cementtiles #cementtile #cementtilefleurriadtile
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Why have a boring vanity when you could have your sink tucked inside a gorgeous vintage-style dresser? This dresser sink from @thesassybarn is giving us all the decor feels.
“My vintage-loving heart is a big fan of dressers as sink bases,” says Morgan. “Mostly because the sky’s the limit on the configuration of the vanity, and if you find a dresser or chest of drawers that you love from a vintage store or consignment shop, a skilled tradesman can make it into a vanity for you.”
Get the look: Start scouring local antiques shops, or take a shortcut by shopping this collection of dresser sinks from Etsy.
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24 Bathroom Ideas, Because Even the Smallest One Should Feel Like an Oasis
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It’s time to rethink your . While we tend to regard the loo as a pit stop on our way out the door, it’s also self-care HQ (everything from a 12-step skin-care routine to a eucalyptus-scented shower happens within those four walls). Therefore, the space, no matter how small, should feel like you. Bringing in as much personal style as possible will make it a place you actually want to be in, and maybe (emphasis on the maybe) you’ll want to stay long enough to actually brush your teeth for the full dentist-recommended two minutes.  Lucky for you, team Domino is always on the lookout for exciting ways to upgrade, from tiles to toilet seats. Here are the bathroom ideas that will get you one step closer to the home-spa vibe you’ve been dreaming of. 
Light It Up
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Photography by Alyssa Rosenheck If your bathroom is looking a little sparse, install a fun light fixture to add character to the space without having to demo a thing. This chandelier from Lucent Lightshop in Elsie Larson’s Nashville home packs a punch in an otherwise minimalist room. 
Play With Pattern
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Photography by Wynn Meyers If you identify as a maximalist, you probably think of walls as blank canvases just waiting to come alive. In other words, no monochrome painted walls for you. So why not go bold with eye-catching wallpaper like in Kim West’s Austin bathroom? It’s the ultimate combination of wacky (those retro colors!) and elegant, not to mention a game changer for mirror selfies.
Keep It Simple
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Photography by Trevor Smith Your skin-care routine can only be so tranquil in a hectic space. Strip your bath down to the basics to summon a peaceful, grounded vibe. Malia Mau’s wood-paneled room in California’s Topanga Canyon is a no-frills yet welcoming haven perfect for any nature lover.
Go Brass or Go Home
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Photography by Nicole Franzen It’s all in the accents, especially when you’re keeping the color scheme neutral. Use your bathroom’s hardware as an opportunity to make a bold statement. Susan and Ben Work’s exposed brass piping paired with matching mirrors and sconces gets the gold (brass?) medal.
Reimagine the Shower-Tub Combo
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Photography by Jason Frank Rothenberg Our favorite walk-in showers have one thing in common: stand-alone tubs. Put a fresh spin on this traditional European bathroom look by opting for a sleek, self-care–worthy tub like this one in Garance Doré’s Los Angeles house. The best part about this double-duty arrangement? You don’t have to choose between a long and luxurious soak or a speedy scrub. Best of both worlds.
Welcome the Dramatic
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Photography by Jennifer Hughes A jet-black vanity is sure to draw attention in juxtaposition to its white and mirrored surroundings. Touches of equally inky tile on the floor keep it from being too intense. A traditional yet bold his-and-hers.
Work Around the Quirks
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photography by aaron bengochea We’ve never seen a shower so close to the stove, but a fun striped curtain and the step up make the unusual arrangement in this tranquil yogi’s apartment seem purposeful.
Downsize (Your Tile)
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photography by aaron bengochea While large-scale tiles and streamlined marble slabs have their benefits, so too do smaller styles. Covering every surface in this Brooklyn bathroom in mini white squares created an immersive, glistening effect, while also amplifying the space’s natural light.
Cozy It Up
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photography by Belen Fleming For the bathroom in designer Kassina Folstad’s Scandinavian-inspired Minnesota farmhouse, she brought in elements like antlers, street pavers, and remnants from rotted fence posts to  warm up all that Carrara marble.
Soften a Stark Palette With Curves
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photography by cody guilfoyle When coupled with round furnishings and abstract artwork, there’s something especially mod about this Brooklyn home‘s (almost) exclusively black-and-white bathroom. A vessel sink in unexpected hammered metal is only fitting.
Think Beyond the White Sink
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photography by cody guilfoyle Home bathroom or five-star spa?  This Brooklyn loft‘s floating natural stone sink and marble tile perfectly channel the peacefulness of a remote luxury resort. A rejuvenating spot to wash up and recharge come morning if we’ve ever seen one.
Amp Up the Contrast
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photography by cody guilfoyle Two-tone bathrooms are having a moment, but that doesn’t have to mean straight-up color-blocking. Here, a streamlined sea of coordinating penny tiles contrasts with a flora-and-fauna wallpaper in the same palette above.
Try Pink-on-Pink
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photography by cody guilfoyle While color is certainly the primary game changer in this New York restaurant bathroom, the magic really exists in the details. Trippy floral wallpaper, a hot rotary phone, and pineapple print kick the fun into high gear.
Get in Shape
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Photography by Jason Frank Rothenberg Geometric tiles with crisp white grout bring fresh interest and dimension to L.A.-based singer and entrepreneur Lourdes Hernández’s all-blue shower in the guest bath, making a solid case for going beyond standard subway tile or simple marble.
Match the Ceilings to the Tile
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photography by Jason Frank Rothenberg Hernández followed suit in her master bathroom, but with a pink-on-pink palette instead. To really pack a punch, she extended the hue all the way to the ceiling with paint.
Bring in Big Plants
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photography by Michael Wiltbank You don’t have to restrict yourself to air plants and tiny succulents in your bathroom. Tall but slim greenery will transform it into a tropical oasis without taking up much more space.
Turn Subway Tile on Its Head
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photography by Nick Glimenakis By just laying out the white subway tile in this revamped 1960s master bathroom in an unexpected herringbone pattern, the ubiquitous material feels new again.
Strike a Balance
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photography by Sarah Elliott The kitschy lemon-and-oyster wallpaper in this summer beach home reads cool not crazy, thanks to everything else being clean lined and neutral.
Have Fun With Floor Tile
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photography by sarah elliott The bathroom floor is an untapped canvas for creativity. In the same beach home, a geometric blue-and-white pattern puts a contemporary spin on the quintessentially nautical color pairing.
Streamline Your Storage
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photography by sarah elliott A big reason for this room’s calming aura: the lineup of woven storage baskets below the vanity hiding every ounce of clutter. The space is the design equivalent of a breath of fresh air.
Frame the Sink
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photography by Stephen Busken Navy wainscoting goes to the ceiling when it gets to the sink in this Cali-cool bathroom, turning the dainty fixture into a focal point. With grayscale wallpaper and just a hint of a palm tree, the space feels breezy and beachy without falling into tropical clichés.
Expose Piping
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photography by Stephen Busken In antiqued brass, the workings of thisexposed rainfall shower aren’t an eyesore, they’re sculpture.
Mix Materials  
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photography by Belen Fleming Between the exposed brick wall, vintage wood vanity, and antique rug, this rustic farmhouse bathroom is swimming in texture.
Set the Mood
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Photo by JACOB HAND PHOTOGRAPHY Sure, you could ease into a moody powder room by doing just dark wallpaper or dimmed lighting, but we say take the plunge and go for the trifecta. Slap a brooding print on the walls, swap out your lightbulbs for ones that have metallic tips, and opt for a smaller mirror (less light reflection!). This story was originally published in November 2018. It has been updated with new information. See more bathroom design ideas: How to Use the Next Big Plumbing Trend in Your Kitchen and Bath Amazing Bathroom Vanities You Won’t Believe You Can DIY The New Bathroom Trend—You’re Going to Want to Get in on ItThis content was originally published here. Read the full article
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Journal - The Long Shadow of Minimalism
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The New Yorker recently published an interesting piece by Kyle Chayka titled ‘The North American Maximalism of Gigi Hadid’s and Drake’s Home Design.’ Chayka states approvingly that, in 2020, “a new North American maximalism” is getting “revenge” on minimalism, which has been trying to “vanquish” purely ornamental detailing for over 100 years.
As evidence, he points to two celebrity homes that have recently been covered in the architecture press: model Gigi Hadid’s eclectic Manhattan apartment and Drake’s extravagant Art Deco mansion in Toronto.  Both of these projects were overseen by architects and designers (Gordon Kahn in Hadid’s case, Ferris Rafauli in Drake’s) but with significant input from the famous homeowners, who hoped to create “dream homes” that reflected their personal taste.
Gigi Hadid’s apartment, designed with architect Gordon Kahn, mixes colors, patterns and textures in a way that screamed “maximalism” to the New Yorker. Image via Hello Magazine.
Drake’s Art Deco-inspired Toronto mansion, designed with Ferris Rafauli, represents a monumental form of maximalism. Photo by Jason Schmidt via Architectural Digest.
What stands out about this piece isn’t the observation that some celebrities are drawn to ornate decor — as Chayka points out, “maximalism… never really goes away” — but rather the author’s treatment of the subject of minimalism. By presenting Hadid’s and Drake’s homes as daring outliers, Chayka implies that minimalism is still the hegemonic aesthetic of our time.
More than 60 years after Mies van der Rohe said “less is more,” it seems that ornament still carries a hint of taboo. Include enough of it, and you are making a statement, even a provocation. As a reader, I wondered why this is. Does modernism, with all its utopianism and its prohibitions, still have a grip on contemporary design?
Ornament and Crime
Chayka’s article opens with a summary of one of minimalism’s canonical early texts, Adolf Loos’ 1908 lecture ‘Ornament and Crime.’ As a way to set the stage for a defense of maximalism, this was a canny choice, as the lecture is one of the least convincing architectural treatises ever written. It is also one of the most racist.
Walking The Walk: Adolf Loos built the minimalist Looshuis, in Vienna, in 1909. Hostile critics at the time called it “the house without eyebrows,” noting Loos’ pointed decision not to include detailing around the windows. It was said that the Emperor Franz Joseph avoided passing by Looshuis for the rest of his life. Photo by Thomas Ledl, via Wikipedia. 
In ‘Ornament and Crime,’ Loos argues that ornamentation is uncivilized, reflecting a lack of moral restraint characteristic of children, criminals, and certain people from non-Western societies. As evidence of the “degeneracy” of ornamentation, Loos points out that criminals often decorate their body with tattoos, a tendency they share with “the Papuan” — Loos’ stereotypical stand-in for various indigenous groups — who also “kills his enemies and eats them.”  Like the Papuan, tattooed men are murderous. “If someone who is tattooed dies in freedom, he does so a few years before he would have committed murder,” Loos theorizes.
It follows that architects of the ornate Art Nouveau style (which Loos disliked) are similarly inclined toward violence — or at least more so than the modernist architect, who has evolved beyond the need for ornamentation and is able to find pleasure in the sheer rationality of his living space. Essentially, Loos posits a continuum between the amoral realm of nature and the moral fortitude of modern man, and he places himself and his preferred style of architecture at the advanced end of moral development.
Le Corbusier’s ‘Plan Voisin,’ a never-realized scheme to tear up central Paris and replace it with a series of minimalist concrete towers. Image via Business Insider. 
Loos, I would say, is a less than ideal ambassador for minimalism. But the core ideas buried underneath his strange examples are pretty representative of how modernist architects thought about the subject. The titans of what was called the “modern movement” — Mies, Le Corbusier and Gropius — were less colorful writers than Loos, but they basically agreed with him that modern architecture would liberate mankind by stripping away the oppressive decorative trappings of past centuries.
Mies famously said that “architecture is the will of an epoch, translated into space,” echoing Loos’ idea that minimalism wasn’t just a stylistic preference, but embodied the very essence of modernity. And one glance at Plan Voison, Le Corbusier’s never-realized scheme to remake central Paris, illustrates that Corbu cared little for local details, and would have happily sacrificed the visual identity of Europe’s most iconic city on the altar of functionalism.
Populist Revolts
Most people find Plan Voison horrifying. And indeed, the zeal of 20th century modernists helped create a rift between architects and the public that still exists today, even as the profession has become far less evangelizing and doctrinaire than it was in modernism’s heyday. Populist denunciations of architecture are still written all the time by both left- and right-wing critics, who generally paint the profession with a broad and reductive brush.
In 2017, left-wing writers Nathan J. Robinson and Brianna Rennix wrote one of these polemics for Robinson’s popular socialist journal, Current Affairs. The piece is titled ‘Why You Hate Contemporary Architecture’ and the complaints are extremely familiar: once “beautiful” cities have been blighted with “ugly,” “cheerless” and “grim” modern buildings. The authors accuse architects of harboring a “paranoid revulsion to classical aesthetics” and condemn both the icy minimalism of modernism and the “irritating attempts” of postmodernists to “parody” the architecture of the past.
Peter Eisenman is no minimalist, but his deconstructive architecture has been criticized on similar grounds, as it is said to deny people simple aesthetic pleasures. His City of Culture of Galicia is among his most divisive buildings. Image via Current Affairs.
For Robinson and Rennix, all the “isms” of contemporary architecture are irrelevant. Each one of them shares the same problem: the architect’s stubborn insistence on denying the public what it wants, which are buildings that are comfortable, familiar and — yes — even nostalgic. They identify the deconstructive architect Peter Eisenman as a modern-day Loos, an ideologue and a moralizer who relishes the fact that his buildings lack popular appeal. This quote of Eisenman’s, taken from a 1982 debate with fellow architect Christopher Alexander, is presented as evidence for the charge: “If we make people so comfortable in these nice little structures, we might lull them into thinking everything’s all right, Jack, which it isn’t.”
Minimalism Today
The idea of the grim and fanatical architect standing between the common man and the charming, sensible buildings he craves is extremely common — as a trope if not a reality. In Chayka’s piece, it factors in almost as a truism, and the invocation of Loos and his treatise gives it a sense of solidity. Good for Drake and Hadid, the piece argues, for standing up to the austere and self-denying dictates of minimalism!
This interior is minimalist, sure, but it is hardly cold and imposing. Minimalism today is often lyrical, and adapted for a more human scale. Image: Zhuyeqing Green Tea Flagship Store, X+Living Architectual Design Co. 2020 A+Award winner for Commercial-Retail Spaces.
Yet a glance through recent winners of the A+Awards reveals that architecture, today, is a diverse, global field, and it is no longer dominated by these factional debates between modernism, postmodernism, deconstructivism, and the rest. Architects all over the world are working to create buildings that meet the needs of local communities, often paying careful attention to issues like sustainability. And while they don’t always get it right, one thing you don’t usually see are self-righteous condemnations of things like “ornament” attached to the projects.
If the best contemporary architecture often features clean lines and an emphasis on raw materials, this is not usually due to an ideological commitment for function over form, but a reflection of a real aesthetic preference. (Cost concerns, too, play a role). Architects like Eisenman, who relish aesthetic difficulty, are in fact a rarity in the profession. (Nathan J. Robinson and Brianna Rennix don’t want you to know this, but there is beauty in clean lines too).
There is real beauty in clean lines and unadorned surfaces. When these elements are favored, it is not necessarily for arid ideological reasons. Image: La Point by L’Abri, 2020 A+Award winner for Concepts-Living Small. 
When minimalism is proposed as an ethos, today, it usually has a much more personal character than that seen in Loos’ essay. For instance, the tidying guru Marie Kondo sees minimalism as a way to make your living space more personal and intimate. Her view of the good life is not one in which everything is fully optimized, but in which people are surrounded only by objects that “spark joy.” In this, her philosophy is exactly same as noted “maximalist” Gigi Hadid, who wrote on Instagram about “enjoying all the little corners” of her carefully curated space.
Zombie Modernism
There is one way, however, that minimalism continues to oppress people in the 21st century, but it is connected to mass production, not architectural theory. The most revealing part of Chayka’s article comes toward the end, when he complains of “the bland start-up minimalism of Article couches, Casper mattresses, and knockoff  Eames chairs from Amazon.”
These products, Chayka explains, might seem modern or tasteful on first glance, but what they really represent is a “lowest-common-denominator style” that “has had its shortcomings exposed during these endless months of quarantine — there’s little pleasure in staring at a set of Floyd table legs strapped to plywood all day.”
The New Yorker’s Kyle Chayka says he has spent too much of lis life staring at tables that look like this. Image via Architectural Digest.
Years after its heyday, modernist design is popular once again, but in a zombielike form. Stripped of its utopian dimension, wherein it held the promise of a better and more orderly world, this type of decor is now just another readymade style. Chayka is right that there is no more individualism in this stuff than there is in the forced eclecticism advertised by an outlet like Pottery Barn. There is also nothing wrong with it, per se, but its omnipresence has made it feel monotonous and derivative.
However, if you find mass-market minimalism uninspiring, the solution isn’t necessarily “maximalism.” It is cultivating a space with pieces that have personal significance, which, again, is what many of today’s minimalists are already advising. The minimalist/maximalist divide Chayka lays out really belongs to another era.
The Loosian minimalist ethos lives on in the popular imagination far more vividly than it does within the architectural profession. To borrow an idea from Sigmund Freud, Loos’ contemporary in Vienna, minimalism has been widely internalized as a harsh dictum of the superego, which is why certain people feel compelled to argue forcefully against it. Even devoted maximalists and classicists, it seems, are tormented by a voice in the back of their head saying that form should follow function. This suggests that — for all its supposed unpopularity — modernism still has a hold on public taste after all.
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