Florence Welch

My room is like an antique shop, full of junk, and weird stuff. There's a big sword in there. And a taxidermy bird, and a couple of birdcages. And a lot of newspaper cuttings. I used to have a weird thing about cutting out morbid headlines from newspapers, and collecting them. I was fascinated with drowning, which is kind of strange.

English Musician

Poppy Delevingne

My home has a split personality. Some of the rooms are very French antique. Think Aubusson rugs, turquoise ceramic jugs, sandbag pillows, and broken birdcages. The other half is very Aztec. Neon ikat fabric pillows, vintage books piled up to the ceiling, and shutters from Bali.

English Model

Anthony Marra

Bill Watterson argued with his medium even as he eclipsed it. He was all too aware that no artistic expression better exemplifies our disposable consumer culture than the daily newspaper comic strip: today's masterpiece is tomorrow's birdcage lining.

American Writer

The term 'birdcage' evokes domestic settings where people keep pet birds.

Housing Birds

'Birdcage' size varies; it can be small for one bird or large enough for several.

Variable Size

Birdcages are often placed where birds can have sunlight and see the environment.

Placement Matters

Sometimes 'birdcage' is used metaphorically to represent confinement or restriction.

Metaphorical Use

It refers to objects or structures with a similar interwoven or latticed appearance.

Structural Similarity

'Birdcage' can describe an industrial aesthetic, often with exposed, interlocking beams.

Industrial Design

 and I started tweeting like a canary in a birdcage and assuming that, you know, people who peered into my world would admire it for the miracle I believed it to be. But something else awaited me and humanity. You know, we had expected an expansion of ideas and dreams