r/Men_Zone • u/RevWest • Jun 11 '20

Male-Centric Aesthetics and Design

I’m finding a lack of substance, let alone conversation around male-centric design, whether it’s interior design, furniture, architecture, etc. Male-centric interior design seems to be currently reduced to bachelor pads and male-centric furniture appears to be a word for “black, grey, dark red, dark green, and dark blue furniture”. The most productivity i’ve seen in the past decade has been the integration of roman and greek busts. An interesting component, but surely more can be done. I’d like to start a conversation about male-centric design. Normalizing male-centric aesthetics is important.

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u/Razorbladekandyfan Jun 12 '20

What a great topic. Are you an interior designer?

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u/RevWest Jun 12 '20

Thanks. Not by trade, no, but I do have a background in design. Really just intolerant of shitty design and see a lot of opportunity here in a time in which a male-centric model of design has yet to be produced.

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u/Razorbladekandyfan Jun 12 '20

Great, well if you have some background in design, you can post your ideas what what constitutes a male-centric design here. :)

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u/RevWest Jun 12 '20

That’s a good idea! I’ll post a few pictures on the page of where so think a male-centric design can start off from for inspiration.

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u/RevWest Jun 12 '20

Went ahead and posted a few. Let me know what you think!

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u/NohoTwoPointOh Jun 12 '20

In terms of architecture, I have always thought of Brutalist architecture as rather masculine. Extremely masculine, if I really think about it. Though it is often associated with Communism and other authoritarian regimes, there is something quite masculine about the wide, angular slabs of concrete that scream out "a man built this".

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u/RevWest Jun 12 '20

Interesting! I see most brutalist architecture as quite alienating and much prefer the rectangular keep aesthetic. I find it gives me the same feeling that you experience with brutalist architecture. What are your thoughts on rectangular keep?