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MADE Just Launched a Barbican-Inspired Collection to Bring This Iconic London Landmark Home
This new range of furniture and decor takes a cue from the brutalist architecture and classic mid-century interiors that are the signature of the Barbican Estate
Have you ever fancied living in the Barbican? Well, finding a property in the iconic London estate isn’t easy. Though its brutalist architecture may be polarising, its apartments are highly sought-after.
But this new collection from MADE might just be the next best thing to living there. MADE x Barbican is a 23-piece collection that captures the essence of the estate and brings it to your home. Think furniture and decor that reinterprets Miriam Howitt’s original 1960s interiors and the Barbican’s brutalist architectural features into sculptural and geometric forms.
Beyond what the Barbican looks like, it’s an architectural landmark with a certain spirit to it, too. It’s a draw for creatives and has a unique social quality for the people who live there.
All these ideas have been distilled into this collection through deep archival research and close work with the Estate's design history to make the pieces feel truly authentic to the Barbican’s design philosophy.
The new MADE x Barbican collection is designed to work in isolation, too, bringing subtle mid-century references that can elevate all kinds of homes.
The collection spans furniture, lighting, textiles, and accessories, defined by layered materials and warm neutral hues. Expect moss greens, ochres, and deep rust colour palettes, paired with stained ash finishes, chrome accents, woven fabrics, and deep-pile textures.
Here’s a selection below, but for the full range, shop the MADE x Barbican collection online.
Taking inspiration from the Barbican Concert Hall’s tubular acoustic panels, this angled, directional lamp is available in Burgundy, Olive Green, and Dusty Blue.
Available in a wall light and flush ceiling light, these designs are inspired by the lighting set within the Barbican foyer's iconic coffered ceilings.
The mid-century-esque wooden side panels on this accent chair draw their form from the cut-outs of the building’s concrete pillars. Available in this natural weave and an Olive Velvet.
Inspired by the Barbican's original layouts, this design brings a soft, deep shag contrast to the brutalist architecture and grounds any space.
It's easy to see the form of the sunken seating pods within the Barbican lake reflected in the design of this coffee table, echoing the estate's sweeping curves.
The collection's storage pieces reproduce the Barbican Estate's famous balconies into uniquely shaped handles on this shelving unit, and the Plinth Sideboard, too.
The tubular steel frame feels perfectly mid-century and creates that contrast between hard and soft that nods to the Barbican's architecture.
The Tier range from the collections draws on an archival artwork of a Terrace Block from 1966 for a rug, cushion, and embroidered artwork.
The collection is available now across MADE.COM and Next.co.uk, with prices starting from £32.
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