A look at the rise of “renderporn”, the aspirational, hyperrealistic interior design imagery on Instagram created using 3D modelling software like SketchUp
Anna Wiener / New Yorker : Tweets: @newyorker , @heathermallick , @lainnafader , @katiemoffat , and @annawiener Tweets: @newyorker : .@annawiener reports on the use of 3-D-modelling technology to design digital rooms and décor: “To the trained eye, some of these images look less convincing than others. But, for the casual observer, they may scramble a sense of reality.” https://nyer.cm/yX7vsPB Heather Mallick / @heathermallick : And now this. This house does not exist. | The Strange, Soothing World of Instagram's Computer-Generated Interiors https://www.newyorker.com/... via @NewYorker Lainna Fader / @lainnafader : Design instagram is my happy place, especially during the pandemic https://www.newyorker.com/... Katie / @katiemoffat : “Instagram is full of such images: living rooms, patios, bedrooms, and estates that do not and will never exist.” https://www.newyorker.com/... Anna Wiener / @annawiener : I wrote a short piece about CGI architecture and fictional interiors, luxurious spaces free of constraints: https://newyorker.com/...