Let me first say that I love Dwell magazine. Though I live in a traditional Tudor home, I prefer the clean uncluttered lines of the modern structures that appear in Dwell. Natural wood, concrete and glass contrast greatly to my actual home but I’m drawn to the pictures presented.
For anyone who shares my love of the modern design and for those of you repulsed by this esthetic, there is an amusing blog written by Jenna Talbott and Molly Jane Quinn at www.unhappyhipsters.com. These girls match clever one liners to selected photos of the stark and forbidding style of modern architecture found within the pages of Dwell. Their thousands of followers (including some Dwell employees) have taken up the cause and send in their own hysterical submissions to the site.
This is wonderful entertainment but highly addicting. The first time I looked at their work I spent an hour laughing my head off and only reached the first handful of pages. So funny, so smart.
Assembling the shipping container inside the apartment, painting the interior fire-engine red, getting all too familiar with a handheld drill to modify the box—it’d all been worth it to discover his happy place.