Do you wish the collage art in the new Animal Collective video was on your wall? It’s very sweetly made by Avey Tare‘s sister, who has also been animating the band’s live shows in the same psychedelic-DIY aesthetic. Her paper cutouts are a fitting backdrop for the sitar that opens this seven-minute rock ramble about effectively perching on a hill with a buddy to watch the world fall apart. Dystopia, but make it sunny.

Did you know that you can buy a linen blend bread bag from H&M? Or faux plants from Primark? A “radio-shaped decorative object” from Shein? Now that we can see every Zoomer’s home on Tik Tok (and we *mustn’t* get bored), fast fashion has come for home goods. It’s disquieting for all the same reasons these brands were already 🚩🚩🚩, but none of that is quite as intriguing as Madewell’s announcement that they’re now selling paint. If the youth are at $10 faux-plant income, Snake People* are funneling our hard-earned 30s money into longer-term abodes, and what better way to accent the elevated-basic OOTD than with a “universally flattering” backdrop? Yes, the key detail is that Madewell has also coined a signature color: Studio Hours, otherwise known as “taupe.” Curbed calls the shade “A default color. The color of noncommitment.” But I beg to differ: dressing your home in Madewell is its own loud commitment — it just happens that thousands of other people are making it, too.

*Millennials

What’s the cosmic opposite of a Urban Outfitters mushroom lamp? Not to harp on the Olympic sex thing, but: cardboard furniture. A concept sitting in The Met and MoMA for eons is slowly eking its way into our lived experience via companies like Cubiqz and Room In A Box, which are both making regular-ass furniture that also happens to be super light and cheap. Deemed “surprisingly sturdy” by designers, these pieces still face the reality that they look like cardboard, a challenge that high-design folks are alternately masking and leaning into. We’ll see which aesthetic takes the lead, but in the meantime, let the recent grad in your life know they can totally have an 18-euro nightstand.

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