Unhappy Hipsters

Don’t forget to mark your calendars for the UH party in Boston this Thursday at Twelve Chairs! We’ll be signing copies of It’s Lonely in the Modern World (and giving away some exclusive freebies), enjoying some kickass cupcakes, and toasting our loyal fans with glasses of bubbly from 6 to 8 pm.

See you there!

xoxo

UH

“Hell was colder than the gourd thought it would be.”

-caption by contest winner M_Sullivan

(Photo: Jessica Haye + Clark Hsiao; Dwell)

Everyone, that was some funny stuff. Thanks for playing. After much deliberation and heated g-chat debate, we have chosen the winners:

If he had learned anything in design school it was the importance of taking risks.  He would leave the shades unevenly drawn today.
m_sullivan
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If you are one of these three special people, email us at unhappyhipsters[at]gmail.com!

(Photo: Drew Kelly; Dwell)

Hey UH lovers and friends!

Join us next Thursday, December 15 as we fete the holidays in style with a party at Twelve Chairs in Boston’s Fort Point neighborhood from 6 to 8 pm.

It’ll be an evening of signing copies of “It’s Lonely in the Modern World,” giving away free stuff, drinking drinkable drinks, and enjoying some kickass cupcakes. 

What can we say—Boston, you’re [our] home! 

xoxo

UH

P.S. Don’t forget—the caption contest closes today at 6 pm EST. Be sure to enter!

It’s a very Unhappy Hipsters holiday!

So, to celebrate, we’re counting down to 2012 with a superfun contest. (Rewarded with the ultimate prize—the Unhappy Hipsters book!)

Here’s how it works:

Comment on the image above with your very best UH-style caption. In order to be considered for the contest, you must post your caption using the commenting feature on UnhappyHipsters.com (no Facebook, no Tumblr, no Twitter, no emails). 

Commenting will close Monday December 5—then we will choose our top 3 favorite captions.

Those lucky winners will get an email containing five more images for them to caption and will get the uber internet honor of being an Unhappy Hipster for a week! Each of the following three weeks in December will feature one reader’s original UH-style captions. Plus, you’ll get mailed your very own signed copy of It’s Lonely in the Modern World.

But wait! What if you were just totally off your game this week and have a wicked clever caption later on?! Well, we’ll even the playing field by selecting three more winners!

How?

Simply comment on the images posted throughout December with your own unique UH-style caption (remember…only on the website, not anywhere else) and at the end of the month we’ll announce three additional lucky readers to receive signed copies of It’s Lonely in the Modern World.

2011 was great for us; thanks to all of our readers for your unwavering support. 

Here’s to another year of living lonely in the modern world…

xoxo

UH

(Photo: Drew Kelly; Dwell)

Thinking about buying a copy of It’s Lonely in the Modern World for everyone you know this holiday season? Well, our publisher Chronicle Books is extending their “friends and family” sale with 35% off books using the code “FRIENDS” at checkout. 

xoxo

UH

He’d had enough of the pottery’s smirking; the Crocs were ironic.

(Photo: Jessica Haye and Clark Hsiao; Dwell)

The curse of the mirror wall and glass shower combo—he couldn’t make eye contact with anyone. (Not even himself.)

(Photo: Thomas Hermann; ArchDaily)

“Both her artistic and her social ambitions were forever thwarted, often in humiliating ways, but there were occasional tantalizing moments when everything seemed to be coming together nicely for her.”

Richard Yates, 1978, in: A good school. 

(Photo: Jake Stangel, Dwell)

Even the step stool was thrilled to see her get some recreation time outside of the sunshine room.

(Photo: Jose Campos; ArchDaily)