Honest to god I fucking hate 2010's interior design. That decade had honest to god the worst kind of interior design.

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Have any of you ever heard of white torture? Basically it's torture from countries like Iran where you are placed in a white prison cell and where mostly everything is white. This torture drives prisoners insane and gets them to lose their minds and forget their own identity, and they don't want it. For some reason though, in civilized normal countries, people want this kind of torture. Seriously though, why people?

This is another prime example of why I hate the trends of the decade:
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WAY TOO MUCH WHITE. Jesus Christ paint it over or something because GOD my eyes are BOILING. That and the extremely tiny plants (Add a few roses or small trees and this place will look much livelier), but what also fucking bothers me are the chandeliers. God they look so shit in the attempt to look like traditional lamps and it has the opposite effect. They look like MUTATED monstrosities.
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Also I hate accent walls. If you're going to go half the way, why not go the full way and get wood paneling everywhere like it was in the 70's? (Oh and plus reclaimed wood looks shit in general, just saying. 99% of the time, it makes you look like a pretentious hipster.)

Look at this for example:
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It gives off a sense of tradition and belonging. It looks like an English Gentleman's house, but it really is in an American suburban home.
Or take a look at these:
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That's how you do wood paneling. Not that "Accent wall" BS.

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What I also don't like are the meaningless pictures. What do they mean? What significance do they bring? Growing up, when you placed a picture on the wall, it was of an important family member, a person you look up to, a photo from an event that you like, etc... Nowadays, people place anything inside of those frames that they bought from home goods, marshalls, tj maxx, etc... You know, basically stores only 50 year old boomers with nothing to do shop at.

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And finally, I fucking hate hipster shit like brass. In general, I don't like brass, but I especially hate it when those internet-hating hipsters (like Casey Neistat) use it because they think it makes them look "special" and "different". You know, the same people who think that it would be "Cool" to go back in time and live in the days of WW2 because they think it would show off how manly they are when in reality, they have a mental breakdown when their favorite black barista that they only care about because they're black didn't understand their lord of the rings-long order for a cup of coffee.

Conclusion: The 2010's were the worst year for interior design and when we look back at it, hopefully we'll all be embarrassed and humiliated.
 
My grandparents' den had that exact same wood paneling with inbuilt shelves, picture-pattern-fabric sofa with quilted throw pillow, and gray flecked carpet with a Persian rug inexplicably laid on top of it. If you told me that wasn't a picture of a two-storey house built in Greater Vancouver between 1960 and 1980 I wouldn't believe you, except for the Texas clock. I can fucking smell that picture through my screen.
 
Yeah, that looks straight out of what I imagine my grandparents home in the late 60s/early 70s looked like. Wood paneling on everything needs to stay in the past where it belongs! Memo interior designers: grandma's house ascetic only works in fairy tales, let's grow up shall we?

*Z snaps*
 
Honestly I think the 60s and 70s interior designs, while flawed, have their own little charm. The whole white room shit of the 2010s can go fuck itself though.

The 90s had their share of goofy moments, too, I fondly remember those bulky entertainment centers and wavy CD racks, for one. Hell, gimme back VHS and those giant TVs while we're at it.
 
The worst is the goddamn tech office space of the 2010's. This shit is the biggest reason to stay the fuck out of software development as a career.

Tech offices all look like the following:
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These images are merely representative, not even particularly egregious examples. Imagine writing node.js applications that control pacemakers all day in such an environment. Note the open plan - no partitions, no ceilings, no sharp edges (could easily double as a nursery). The concept of personal space has completely been forgotten. The aesthetic juxtaposes infantilism with impermanence.
 
The worst is the goddamn tech office space of the 2010's. This shit is the biggest reason to stay the fuck out of software development as a career.

Tech offices all look like the following:
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These images are merely representative, not even particularly egregious examples. Imagine writing node.js applications that control pacemakers all day in such an environment. Note the open plan - no partitions, no ceilings, no sharp edges (could easily double as a nursery). The concept of personal space has completely been forgotten. The aesthetic juxtaposes infantilism with impermanence.
I'm curious. If you had the option to redesign it, what do you think would fit better?
I think the open floor plan is an attempt to move away from the brutal, isolated cubicle setting. But I'm wondering what the alternative would be between a box and this.
 
I'm curious. If you had the option to redesign it, what do you think would fit better?
I think the open floor plan is an attempt to move away from the brutal, isolated cubicle setting. But I'm wondering what the alternative would be between a box and this.
Give me a 90's style cube any day over this open plan bullshit.
 
I hate the fact it's touted as minimal when it's really just bland. Bitch your decorative touches and open plan mcmansion are inherently antithetical to minimalism. There's no thought about the use of space and finding ways to make a space smaller, more functional and utilitarian while still visually appealling.

Now if you'll excuse me I'm going to jerk off to my picture book of Le Corbusier's summer cottage.
 
The worst is the goddamn tech office space of the 2010's. This shit is the biggest reason to stay the fuck out of software development as a career.

Tech offices all look like the following:
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These images are merely representative, not even particularly egregious examples. Imagine writing node.js applications that control pacemakers all day in such an environment. Note the open plan - no partitions, no ceilings, no sharp edges (could easily double as a nursery). The concept of personal space has completely been forgotten. The aesthetic juxtaposes infantilism with impermanence.
Those look like a mix between daycares and schools.
 
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