He is sad because his house looks like an elementary school. And all the children have died.

(Dwell magazine, February 2008)

I was recently re-reminded of how much fun it is to laugh at people trapped and lonely in their minimalist architecture and decor. Check out unhappyhipsters:

He tried to focus on the novel, and not how much his bedroom reminded him of a plywood coffin.

(Dwell magazine, November 2009)

The things that once so defined him — shag carpeting, Room & Board sofas, monogamy — now suffocated him.

(Photo: Dean Kaufman; Dwell, September 2009)