The Interiors of Social Media
eBook - PDF

The Interiors of Social Media

Architecture, Space, and Technology in the 21st Century

  1. 225 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Interiors of Social Media

Architecture, Space, and Technology in the 21st Century

About this book

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.

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Information

Publisher
Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Year
2026
Edition
1
eBook ISBN
9781350537453
Topic
Architecture
Subtopic
Architecture Criticism

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Halftitle page
  3. Title page
  4. Copyright page
  5. CONTENTS
  6. WorldWideWeb: Summary
  7. FOREWORD
  8. 1 INSTAGRAM, TYPOLOGY, AND ARCHITECTURE
  9. 2 SCREENS WITHIN SCREENS: THE INTERIORS OF TWITCH
  10. 3 ROOMS, PINS, AND BOARDS: THE HYPER-INTERIORS OF PINTEREST
  11. 4 TIKTOK: VERTICAL EDITING
  12. 5 ARCHITECTURE, HUMANITARIANISM, AND SOCIAL MEDIA
  13. 6 PET INFLUENCERS: ANIMAL PORTRAITURE AND MEDIATED DOMESTICITIES
  14. 7 UNBOXING ROBLOX: ARCHITECTURE, URBANISM, AND VIDEO GAMES
  15. 8 PORN ROOMS: ULTIMATE INTERIORITY
  16. AFTERWORD
  17. CONTRIBUTORS
  18. CONTRIBUTORS (FULL CREDITS PER CHAPTER
  19. FIGURES
  20. INDEX

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