Design Centre Stories

Tag: Wallcoverings

From Waste to Wall Tile

Gallotti&Radice has embraced a new category of products with 'Pleiadi', a relief tile system made from cotton linter (the short downy hairs of the cotton seed) and clay.

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Enchanted Landscapes

Kit Kemp's collaboration with Andrew Martin has been extended, with two new whimsical wallcoverings, plus more colourways for a well-loved classic.

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Folklore and Artistry

Steeped in folklore and storytelling – and bold pattern and colour – Minnie Kemp's wallcoverings for MindTheGap represent the first time that the Transylvanian brand has worked with an external creative to realise a collection.

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Paper Trail

Weitzner’s Forest Bathing collection (available from Altfield) includes these delicately beautiful paper tiles for the wall, a marriage of artisanal technique and innovation.

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Hot Topic

Take a journey through some of the world's driest – and most spectacular – climates with Arte's Desert Dreams wallcovering collections

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Larger Than Life

Devon, Anna French's latest fabric and wallcovering collection, features traditional English country-house motifs made bolder by daring scale and colour.

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You Saw It Here First…

WOW!house 2023's rooms revealed some common design threads that act a barometer of what's coming next in interiors. From the colour of the moment to the art of trompe l'oeil and some fantastic flooring, here are just a few ideas to take away.

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'Harbor Hemp' wallcovering, Phillip Jeffries

Hit the Beach

Phillip Jeffries' 'Harbour Hemp' wallcovering was inspired by bleached boardwalks, and is part of a wider collection for summer that evokes days beside the sea and sand.

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Holland & Sherry Carnaby fabrics, wallpapers and rugs

Sartorial Style

Holland & Sherry often taps into its tailoring roots for its collections, and Carnaby draws on the vibrant cultural explosion of 1960s London.

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Jennifer Shorto Sugar Magnolia fabric and wallcovering

Keep It Surreal

Jennifer Shorto's wallcoverings and textiles defy easy categorisation when it comes to style, reflecting the magpie eye of Shorto herself.

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Tour de Force

Pierre Frey has launched a collection inspired by archive drawings and canvases from the 1920s by Elise Djo-Bourgeois, who is being rediscovered as one of the great female French designers of the early 20th century.

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Tactility First

Texture meets technical mastery in Black Edition's latest releases for Romo, with bouclé, velvet, chenille and silk creating a sense of three dimensionality in fabrics, and grasscloth and raffia delivering a sophisticated look for wallcoverings.

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Stella-McCartney-x-Cole-Son_Fungi-Forest wallcovering

Fungi Future

Fashion designer Stella McCartney's interiors debut is a fungi-themed wallcovering for Cole & Son that has ambitions to push the sustainability agenda.

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The New Language of Workplace Design

Interior design studio Kitesgrove transforms a listed Mayfair townhouse into an enviable office with a distinctly domestic feel, sourcing from many of the Design Centre's showrooms to fulfil its creative brief.

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Melting Pot

Brunschwig & Fils' latest collection is inspired by Istanbul's Grand Bazaar, a sumptuous meeting point of old and new, and east and west.

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The Ultimate Resource

Ralph Lauren Home has opened its first stand-alone showroom, a 250 sqm space that offers the most comprehensive presentation of the brand’s home collections in Europe.

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The Morris & Co Garden at RHS Chelsea 2022

Crafted, and Planted

William Morris was inspired by native flora and fauna for the fabrics and wallcoverings he produced for Morris & Co. Now, a garden at RHS Chelsea uses his original designs to create a gold-medal-winning contemporary garden.

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Artist Diane Hill with her Harlequin fabric and wallpaper collection

Owning the Room

Artist Diane Hill's collaboration with Harlequin celebrates chinoiserie with a twist, using bold colour to bring a fresher look to interiors.

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Raising the Bar

Much-loved Chelsea pub The Cadogan Arms has been restored to its former glory with help from Lincrusta's heritage wallcoverings.

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Blossoming Talent

Pierre Frey's latest collection was designed by children, as the results are as playful and imaginative as you would expect.

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Citrus Bright

Italian restaurant group San Carlo has opened a new London outpost that celebrates the sun-soaked cuisine of Italy's islands – with bright, fresh interiors by design studio Fettle.

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Fantasy Worlds

French illustration studio Icinori has created two new designs for Dedar – both featuring fantastical scenes drawn from nature and architecture

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Decorate, Cabana Style

Cabana founder Martina Mondadori was inspired by art, fashion and global travel to create a new collection of fabrics, wallcoverings and trim for Schumacher.

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Long Live the Resistance

Lewis & Wood's Wax Works collection puts an ancient technique in the spotlight, the art of wax-resist dying.

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A Bee’s-Eye View

New to George Spencer Designs, US brand Zak+Fox's Apiary collection is inspired by the journey of a worker bee, paying tribute to man's reliance on these critical insects and their importance to the planet's ecology.

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Performance Pieces

A new Armani Casa wallcoverings collection has landed at Altfield. Made by Milanese design house Jannelli&Volpi, Precious Fibers 3 uses materials such as silk, lurex and velvet, and has a romantic side to it – all of the products are named after operas or ballets.

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Deeper Roots

S Harris has teamed up with designers from the Black Artists + Designers Guild (BADG) for a collection centred around the history and heritage of three culturally rich parts of the world – with "responsible inspiration" the key to creating products with integrity that respect the source of each design.

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Rejoice in Nature

Get lost in a world of fantasy and nature with Jabula, a collaboration between Cole & Son and South Africa's Ardmore, which makes ceramics and decorating products inspired by native flora and fauna.

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A Stellar Stay

Olga and Alex Polizzi unveil the Star Inn in Alfriston, East Sussex, where Julian Chichester furniture and fabric and wallcoverings by Madeaux by Richard Smith help create a comfortable, colourful country style.

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Colour Decoded

What’s your decorating personality? Harlequin has launched a campaign to get us thinking about how colour affects our physical and emotional wellbeing, including a specially commissioned white paper.

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