Tumbling into Tumblr

Although I still don't quite understand this Tumblr culture, I've given in and made one for myself.  I am always reading interesting articles and discovering awesome new products and projects but no where to conveniently archive them.  Now I do at olivyy.tumblr.com.  It's more sharing, less text; take a look.

Minimal feelings on minimalism

Not the sort of place that welcomes you in the morning for breakfast.
(Plastic House by Architecture Republic)

I'm not the biggest fan of modern architecture's stark white trend. I do like how designers attempt to keep looks clean and simple, especially in our busy and cluttered lives, but their language often ends up feeling

harsh and cold. The world is already too harsh as everyone rushes about their business without pause to just sit back and enjoy. Just because our lives are like that doesn't mean our environments have to be like that, making us feel boxed in, rigid, and alone.  My criticism here doesn't mean I'm demanding historical spaces, that we go back to colonnades and Gothic vaults, or that designers should never use white. I am just asking for some coziness, the ability for architecture to make us feel comfortable while our lifestyles push us to our limits.  Considering as well how we're becoming more and more detached from each other, communicating only through texts and emails, spaces should be more personal and more inviting to counteract this and encourage similar dispositions in us. We're already beating the functionality into everything; it's now time for form to follow feeling.