Architecture and design possess personalities
as distinct as the characters that inhabit these
noteworthy animation homes.
22 KEYFRAME
GIMME SHELTER
By Whitney Friedlander
A year into shelter-in-place living, we've discovered that
being stuck at home for the long haul can trigger voyeurism.
Tired of our own dwellings, we rubberneck at others' Zoom
environs and binge HGTV shows.
But for pure escapism, there's arguably nothing better
than a cartoon home. They can combine reality with flights
of fancy, and in these gerbil wheel days, they offer plenty of
opportunity for pandemic pondering, like whose house would
you rather sip a quarantini in—the Flintstones or the Jetsons?
With few constraints when it comes to building budgets
and physics, animation art directors, production designers,
and background designers can become architects and interior
designers of the highest order, stretching the imagination to
create captivating and often fantastical living spaces.
Not only have we assembled a unique collection of
homes from TV cartoons and feature films
here—we talked to the talented people
who created these visual backdrops.
So close your eyes and imagine
jumping into any of these
memorable abodes with the
ease of Mary Poppins
leaping into one of
Bert's charming
sidewalk chalk
drawings.
F E AT U R E
Images
courtesy
off
Warner
Bros.
Animation
