Over The Past few years wallDaDer nas experienced a renaissance. After tne years of minimalism: of plastered walls oainted in neutral Colurs people are coming round to the idea of individual expression in interior design. The enormous varefy ana scope That wallpaper allows for means that it is at los!hid once again.

Over The Past few years wallDaDer nas experienced a renaissance. After tne years of minimalism: of plastered walls oainted in neutral Colurs people are coming round to the idea of individual expression in interior design. The enormous varefy ana scope That wallpaper allows for means that it is at los!hid once again.

The Cutting Edge of Wallpaper Days tribute to this exciting new trend, looking at the techniaues oroaucts and oeoole at the forefront of conterr 3orary walloaper design. From the established makers, sucn as Jane Gordon Clark, Timorous Beasties ana Neisha Crosland to emerging talent, including Linda Florence,

The Magnificent CnaTwin BroTners and Rachel Kelly,The work of some fifty designers s orofiles and illustrated providing a consummaTe survey of the medium. Essays DV craft-experts ana academics explore Tne history of wallaaoer now it has crossed-over with fine art througn Tne ages.

The Cutting Edge of Wallpaper captures Tne essence of a relentleSSly innovative medium maT is at a Key point in its evolution, and exDiores Tne exciting ways "n which the boundaries of design are being exTenaea ana chalenged Dy conremporary makers.

A Papered History

by Timothy Brittain-Catlin

The New Wallpaper

by Jane Audas

DECORATIVE

Louise Body 30

Manuel Canovas 32

Cole& Son 34

Neisha Crosland 36

Linda Florence 38

Fromental 4o

Jane Gordon Clark 44

Hemingway Design 46

The Magnificent Chatwin Brothers 48

Timorous Beasties 50

Twenty2 54

Erica Wakerly 56

FIG URATIVE

Absolute Zero 62

Lizzie Allen 64

Birgit Amadori 66

Deborah Bowness 68

Erotic Dragon 70

Nama Rococo 72

Nice 74

Ten and Don 76

William Wegman 78

Hanna Werning 8o

Wook Kim 84

ABSTRACT AND GEOMETRIC

Johanna Basford 92

Basso & Brooke 94

Markus Benesch 98

Committee 100

Dominic Crinson lO2

Dan Funderburgh io4

Jane Masters io8

Virgil Marti 110

Jorge Pardo 112

PSYOP 114

Showroom Dummies 116

ARCHITECTURAL

Heather Barnett 122

Susan Bradley i26

Clare Coles i28

Front 132

Tracy Kendall 134

Ross Neil 138

Maria Yaschuk 140

INTERACTIVE

Antoine etManuel 146

Blik 148

Simon Heijdens 150

Ich&Kar 154

Rachel Kelly 156

Lene Toni Kjeld 158

Christopher Pearson 160

Pepper-mint 162

Jenny Wilkinson 164

Wallpaper as Art: a brief history

by Charles Stuckey

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