The Interiors of Social Media
Architecture, Space, and Technology in the 21st Century
The Interiors of Social Media
Architecture, Space, and Technology in the 21st Century
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Description
How is social media reshaping architecture? What can platforms like Instagram, Twitch, Pinterest, and TikTok tell us about the spaces we inhabit?
The Interiors of Social Media is the first book to explore the relationship between architecture, interiors, and social media, guiding us through today's digital landscape to reveal where the virtual and physical worlds meet.
From influencer bedrooms and gaming setups to humanitarian shelters, pet influencer homes, and porn rooms, Javier Fernández Contreras reveals how social media does not merely depict interiors, but actively scripts new spatial types: homes that are both private and hyper-public, domestic yet performative, and material yet algorithmic. By mapping platform spatialities and tracing the themes that connect them, he examines interiors as sites of consumerism, display, and mediatization - environments that expose the ethical, political, and ecological implications of 21st-century digital culture.
Drawing on architecture, media studies, and digital humanities, The Interiors of Social Media offers a critical lens on how online interactions are woven into everyday life and invites us to rethink architecture in the age of the algorithm.
With contributions from Paule Perron, Michela Bassanelli, Damien Greder, Vytautas Jankauskas, and students at HEAD – Genève.
Table of Contents
1. Instagram, Typology, and Architecture
2. Screens Within Screens: The Interiors of Twitch
3. Rooms, Pins, and Boards: The Hyper-interiors of Pinterest
4. TikTok: Vertical Editing
5. Humanitarianism, Architecture, and Social Media
6. Pet Influencers: Animal Portraiture, Domesticity, and Social Media
7. Unboxing Roblox: Architecture, Urbanism, and Video Games
8. Porn Rooms: Ultimate Interiority
Afterword, Marina Otero Verzier
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Product details
| Published | 14 May 2026 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 224 |
| ISBN | 9781350537446 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Visual Arts |
| Illustrations | 89 color illus |
| Dimensions | 216 x 138 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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