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Entries from June 2008

Flavor Paper Teams with Tibi

June 30th, 2008 · No Comments

Flavor Paper announces a fruitful collaboration with famed New York fashion house Tibi.  Each of the three new patterns -  Monaco, Valencia, and Kashmiri - takes on a traditional design theme, from damask to paisley, and then freshens it up to create a very hip new feel.
These are so hot that InStyle Magazine [...]

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New Blik Decal Designs

June 26th, 2008 · No Comments

See the four new Threadless designs for Blik adhesive wall decals.

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Arte, Belgium: the Pomp line

June 25th, 2008 · No Comments

Arte Belgium’s Pomp wallcovering line features patterns by German designer Andrea Pößnicker, who strives to freshen the idea of and popular attitudes about wallpaper.  Ornate scrollwork may contain hidden images or encrypted messages, so look closely.
Featured above, the Lady Light pattern features a bead curtain motif handprinted on nonwoven substrate. Below, “Pretty Rich,” “Dutch [...]

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Nama Rococo Wallpaper

June 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

From their family-run studio in  North Adams, Massachusetts, Nama Rococo hand-prints high-quality wallpapers with artists’ mediums on French paper.
Inspirations and themes range from Chinese scrolls to French art and architecture, and the designs work to incorporate a sense of old-world opulence without making themselves incongruous with modern surroundings.

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Palacepapers Handprinted Wallpaper

June 20th, 2008 · No Comments

Palacepapers, a wallpaper and fabrics company run by artist Casey Gunschel, offers an array of quirky hand-drawn illustrations to enliven walls and furnishings. Papers are silk-screened by hand in patterns ranging from carrots to dinosaur fossils to flocks of ethereal roosters or frantic ravens.
Check out the gallery for these and other installation shots, and [...]

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Eco-Friendly Vycon Contract Wallcovering

June 19th, 2008 · No Comments

Vycon® announces the introduction of two new wallcovering patterns - Archetype and Cassimere. Inspired by men’s suiting, the patterns coordinate and are available in a wide array of colors.  These durable commercial wallcoverings are greener than most - below is manufacturer J. Josephson’s comprehensive environmental policy:
With Vycon, concern for the environment is evident in every [...]

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Trove wallcoverings article

June 18th, 2008 · No Comments

Paper Tigers, an article about the designers behind Trove Wallcoverings by Mason Currey, is currently posted on MetropolisMag.com.

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Walls Like Pictures

June 17th, 2008 · No Comments

Walls Like Pictures prints their odd and edgy patterns on fleece wallpaper, a substrate made of textile and cellulose tissue that does not expand or contract, making installation more simple. In addition to the Twenty-thousand Leagues Under the Sea and fairy-tale silhouette patterns, Walls Like Pictures produces wallcoverings featuring stacks of farm animals, [...]

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New Vinyl News Service Website

June 16th, 2008 · No Comments

This month, the Vinyl Institute introduced a new and improved Vinyl News Service (VNS) website containing news and information about vinyl/PVC products and the latest industry developments. The homepage of www.vinylnewsservice.com features headlines from the most recent VNS news releases, a feature story and photo about PVC pipes and their prevalence in U.S. aquariums, [...]

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Cavern: Casa de Milagros

June 13th, 2008 · No Comments

An update to my previous post on Cavern wallcoverings - Carly sent me some more photos of their Casa de Milagros paper. The Cavern team designed this paper with residents of the Casa de Milagros orphanage in Cusco, Peru, and proceeds from the sale of the pattern directly benefit the residents. It’s available [...]

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