Interior designer gay
What draws gay men to interior design?
astro1
I was reading the fascinating GLBTQ (gay, lesbian, attracted to both genders, and transgender and homosexual culture) Encyclopedia and in reading various bio’s was struck by how many gay men wanted to be interior designers at some point early in their lives, even if they wound up doing someting else.
What is it about interior design that resonates so strongly with the sensibilities of many gay men, or is that just a stereotype?
samarm2
I’d guess its not so much “Why are so many gay men interior designers?” as “Why are so many interior designers gay men?”. There is a subtle difference.
thatDDperson3
Some of it is stereotype, some of it is an awareness of the changes that can be made in one’s surroundings to improve them, and some of it is that interior design is a “safe field” for queer men.
Your clients and co-workers won’t care. (Like floristry or hairdressing, you await to find gay men there.) Try being the gay guy on the loading dock, or operational as a telephone linesman, or football player or cop or fireman. Not so easy.
Having worked in floral and for interior designers, there is a certain amount of “gay ghetto” mental
LGBTQ Interior Designers
The interior design profession is a relatively new career profession that is often closely associated with the LGBTQ community. This is not surprising given that the founder of the profession is generally known as the 1920s Recent York lesbian socialite Elsie de Wolfe. Tired of the old, staid Victorian look, de Wolfe introduced the public to the concept of designing their homes and accessories with a lighter and more colourful touch. This convert in design outlook soon received wide appeal, and a new industry was created.
Early gay bachelors in Europe used interior design as a means to express their personal identity and character. In fact, they often used their personal home style as a means to counter what were viewed as the rigid constraints of domestic interiors of their time. Often, these individuals grouped together to create informal networks or communities. Their personal layout aesthetics gave them an outlet for creativity that could occur within the safe confines of their personal homes.
Many of the early interior designers were also architects and the two professions are often closely intertwined. As t
Meet four of your favorite LGBT Home stars.
David Bromstad
This 48-year-old homosexual designer won HGTV Blueprint Star in its debut season in 2006. Since then, he has hosted several home improvements shows, including Color Splash, Beach Flip, Design Stars All Stars and is currently the host of My Lottery Dream Home and just starred on HGTV’s new competition show Rock the Block. Last year, he starred in the special My Lottery Vision Home: David’s Dream Home. The Floridian went to Ringling College of Art and Design in Sarasota, lived in Miami for several years and has a home in Orlando.
Nate Berkus
Berkus, 50, is the son of celebrated HGTV and DIY residence designer Nancy Golden. A designer in his control right, he has written many books and has appeared, sharing his craft on Oprah’s Big Give and hosted The Nate Berkus Show. He also created a line for Target and has his own lines of stationery and fabric. Later shows include American Dream Builders and a TLC exhibit with his husband and fellow interior designer, Jeremiah Brent, titled Nate and Jeremiah by Design.
The couple, who married in 2014 in NYC, own two children – Poppy Brent-Berkus and O
Why are male interior designers gay?
No_Wikipedia_Cites1
Someone said (word on the street) that (most) (male) interior designers are gay.
But female interior designers are not.
Why are interior designers (male) gay? Why would that be? Other things that are creative and artsy are not that linked with gayness, like innovative writing, poetry. But this one thing is.
So explain?
Dahnlor2
I would imagine for the same reason that [most] male clothing designers are gay.
Nava3
The same people who think that male interior decorators are gay also think that all musicians do drugs (including specialists in baroque and people in drums’n’metal bands), all male hairdressers are lgbtq+ (but not female ones), all engineers are in the autism spectrum and girls do not appreciate math or computers.
Santi’s wife would be quite surprised to hear her husband and father of their three kids bats for the other team; Pepe’s blood pressure still goes through the roof remembering that time the receptionist insisted that all-all-all musicians do drugs (aside of a long-time musician, he was the factory’s EHS manager); while Llongueras has a bad case of droopy wrist he’s another one
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