Brutalism V.1 Ring | STRUGA

925 sterling silver with deliberately unfinished surfaces and visible tool marks. The original BRUTALISM ring by STRUGA — the first version of a growing series, born from a collaboration with an architect.

Brutalism V.1 is our reading of the signet. A classic signet carries a smooth plate for a seal; here that plate becomes an architectural zone of stepped, multi-level lines — relief instead of a flat field. That is the interpretation: mass, a load-bearing top zone, real weight on the hand — what people come to a signet for, read through the brand’s design code. As other signet forms arrive, they stand beside it, in one collection.

Every irregularity, every angle is a decision, not a defect. V.1 is the starting point of the BRUTALISM family: a ring that looks as if it had been chiselled out of a single block of metal rather than cast in a mould. The series is built around a shared love of Soviet brutalist architecture and grows version by version (V.1 in raw Living Silver, V.3 in Dark Treatment, more to come) — each one a different geometry inside the same design code. Living Silver finish — silver without rhodium plating, the surface lives and changes with time.

For those who wear jewelry as part of the body, not as an accessory.

Material: 925 sterling silver, no rhodium plating.

World / family: CODEX → BRUTALISM. The first version (V.1) of the series, the design code the family grows from.

Finish: Living Silver — the surface lives and darkens on its own over time (a property, not applied oxidation).

Form: signet reinterpreted — the seal plate becomes a stepped, multi-level architectural relief; deliberate tool marks and sharp angles, made to order.

Care: wipe with a dry cloth after wear, keep away from chlorine and harsh chemicals; don't polish the whole surface or you erase the history.

Styling. How this piece reads in a dark, architectural wardrobe — the Rick Owens aesthetic guide.