After building my ultimate pink gaming and art room, I created a dark academia gaming room in Hansi's small office.

‘Dark Academia’ Interior Design Calls for Moody Landscapes, Victorian Portraits and Sepia Photos. The design trend, which draws on the aesthetic of historic college halls and libraries, offers ...

Where dark academia is autumn, light academia is spring. While still romanticizing education, the light academia has an opposite feel. It’s joyful, open, and yes, defined by a creamier, softer ...

Dark academia has been (justifiably) accused of being Eurocentric, which is why Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé’s 2021 YA novel, Ace of Spades, reads like such a breath of fresh air.

Dark academia “has definitely always been around,” she adds, ... From seating to texture to color blocking, experts are obsessing over these 2025 living room trends. By Kelly Dawson.

The 1963 semi-autobiographical story of poet Sylvia Plath’s descent into madness isn’t overtly academia, but it contains a combination of tragedy and dark humor that feels fitting of the genre ...

Dark academia, the book also notes, is "a set of aesthetic principles," including (but not limited to) "tweed blazers, vintage cardigans, scuffed loafers, a worn leather satchel full of brooding ...