Hacker News: seeeeebthttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=seeeeebtHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Wed, 08 Apr 2026 01:39:45 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by seeeeebt in "Show HN: Brutalist Concrete Laptop Stand (2024)"]]>Yes, Sam is probably just having a bit of fun here, but I think it's worth presenting brutalism correctly as it's often so misunderstood.

Concrete is simply the mass production medium of the time, many of the patterns and moulds used in Barbican for example feature pretty timber imprints, scalloping patterns, painstakingly pick-hammered textured panels, or pleasing swooping shapes.

Further there is always space for glass, brass, Terrazzo and lighting.

Sam's design does feel cold, unnatural and broken, definitely not what brutalist living is about.

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2016/feb/22...

https://www.structuralrenovations.co.uk/portfolio/barbican-e...

https://www.barbicanliving.co.uk/barbican-story/construction...

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