Like #79: Modern Furniture

"When white people envision their dream home, a key part of the fantasy involves a least one piece of furniture designed by a famous architect from the 1930s"

These stills are from an important scene from 500 Days of Summer where Deschanel's character, Summer, runs through Ikea with her costar Joseph Gordon-Levitt. This scene is clearly a telling and fun scene for the couple, and it was even included in the trailer for the film. Looking at the stills, one can notice Ikea's modern furniture all around, and the two interact with the furniture, lying on the beds and joking around in this false domestic interior space. While Deschanel's personal home is not known to us, fans of Deschanel can imagine that (owing to her artistic and quirky persona) she lives in a home with modern furniture like Lander describes. Thanks to this charming scene, Deschanel's star image is connected to the buying of modern furniture, which white, upper middle class people are supposedly familiar with.