OVER THE NEXT WEEKS, WE OFFER FIVE THINGS TO CONSIDER TO EXPAND YOUR HORIZONS THIS YEAR:
!!!!!TODAY!!!!!! FOLLOW ALONG AS TWINK SINGER TROYE SIVAN REACHES PEAK “STUFF INFLUENCER”, with contributing words by ‘Twinksphere’ Correspondent Dung Ngo
COMING UP:
EMBRACE OWNING CHILDREN’S FURNITURE even if you are childless
UNDERSTAND THE MIND THROUGH DECOR: 1977’s “PSYCHO-DECORATING” is the book we all need to read + EXAMPLES FROM 1980s CELEBRITY HOMES
APPRECIATE THE RISE OF NICHE STUFF I.D.: the case of IG’s @StarTrekDesign AND OTHERS
2023: LET’S ALL BE SLATS… the furniture with GAPING GAPS that lets bad energy FLOW RIGHT THROUGH THEM.
Ch. 1: TROYE SIVAN AND “TWINKSPHERE”
SIMPLE FACT ALERT: We (all of us) are forever in search of being influenced – to be told what to do is the ultimate relief.
And, the new kid we’re taking orders from is Ultra Twink pop star TROYE SIVAN – one who truly epitomizes the Mischievous Bambi vibe we associate with Twinkdom, and who ROCKED THE WORLD with his Architectural D****t tour last year, which firmly established a new “Twink” aesthetic, of which Troye Sivan is chief curator.
His home is below, but I would like to express that this is only a sidebar to how INFLUENTIAL he will become through his commitment to sharing GREAT HOME STUFF to his bajillion (i.e. 13.8m) followers
In that famed tour, he shows his Melbourne home wearing some exposed-orange-zipper jeans and claiming he’d been “waiting for this day my entire life” (then-26 y/o, which in our books is basically Just Born), and reporting “Not a lot of people know this about me, but I’m very, very gay.”
What exactly is the TWINK AESTHETIC, and “WHY NOW?”:
The Twink Aesthetic embodies YOUTH, OPTIMISM, and MAXIMALISM. There is a lot of stuff, but it’s not “Eclectic”: it sings. Achieving this look is about blending “Pretty” and “Self-Assured”, which is the powerful Twink alchemy.
Maximalism here is part of a Home Taste life-cyle: We’re talking a sinusoidal wave here… You’re born naked, you amass for TWINKDOM, you reject at mid-life crisis (a.k.a. Rich Folk’s Minimalism, see archi John Pawson’s house), and you MAX THE F*CK OUT for “Maude”-era gizmos-and-gadgets-galore Finale Chapter of Life.
Why now?
As the soft, suburban, Nora Ephron interior breaks into a 1980s coked-up Manhattan bachelor pad renaissance (this IS coming!!!! Happy to provide evidence - if you give a f*ck, we’ll spill it all on our I.G. Let me know) we inevitably have the TWINK AESTHETIC, a combo of the two: kitchen lamps, flowers, leather and sex.
*The* TROYE home tour can be viewed HERE, if somehow you missed it. His home was designed by the inimitable FLACK STUDIO.
TIPS:
SUPER EXCELLENT TIPS TO ENTER THE TWINKSPHERE, via Twink Troye’s HOME TOUR:
INCORPORATE NEW VOCAB: Refer to areas of your home as “MOMENTS” (for Troye, a chair) and/or “SITUATIONS” (for Troye, a window that opens)
BE ANTI-HIERARCHICAL: Refer to every part of your house as “my favorite part of the house” (SEE EVIDENCE BELOW)
FOOD AS INSPIRATION a.k.a. BE A SNACK, AND MAKE YOUR HOME A SNACK TOO: f*ck overhead lights. Twink Troye wants a “SOUP OF LIGHT” via lamps and candles
PRIORITIZE BODILY FUNCTIONS: Troye converted a wine cellar into a bathroom. (“This bathroom is restaurant quality!”—Troye, paraphrased.)
Wise words from Twinksphere Correspondent (and design magazine editor) Dung Ngo:
You heard it here first: 2023 will be the year of the Twink Aesthetic. True, for the past few years Timothée Chalamet has been leading the twink-fashion vanguard with his pussy-bow, backless Haider Ackermann looks, but we are talking interior design here. And in that (twink)sphere Troye Sivan rules. Ever since the Antipodean singer’s home in Melbourne was published in Architectural Digest, we have been hooked on his youthful but layered aesthetic: a little Memphis, a little Akari by Noguchi, and lots of vintage – including the original house structure itself, a 19th-century squash court (I wonder if the changing rooms were kept intact).
There isn’t a lot that’s completely original here, but the mix — the mien — is the cat’s meow. And certainly very sophisticated for a 27-year-old-going-forever-young. And then there’s his occasional Instagram story and repost of beautiful but somewhat obscure vintage pieces. Gaetano Pesce’s Feltri chair one minute, Gunnar Asplund’s neoclassical Senna Chair the next. Only in his 20s, can Troye already be an elder statesman of design? With 13.8 millions followers on Instagram, the message is clear: Watch this space.
You’ll note that he is dedicated to the field, by ONLY highlighting interiors stories:
On “top” of these already-highlighted stories, he’s a regular story-dumper of sharp interiors and furniture:
Worth observing, over time, that TROYE SIVAN is not only reflecting back to us The Current Moment, but he’s also grooming his young audience to find this kind of stuff Desirable. A true AMBASSADOR OF INTERIORS.
As our Twinksphere Correspondent says, WATCH THIS SPACE. And Wednesday, as per, we’ll share some Twinky stuff to buy. Used.
NEXT UP: Ch. 2, OWNING KIDS FURNITURE WITHOUT HAVING KIDS
More is coming on this in a future Newsletter issue, in collab with ultimate maternal mag MOTHER TONGUE co-founder and Life With Kids Correspondent MELISSA GOLDSTEIN.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
LOVE & GOOD LUCK,