I came across two fun things in this month's Interior Design magazine.
One is this new wallpaper pattern fom Wolf Gordon. WG is a favorite of mine. They make a lot of contemporary, graphic or textured wallcoverings that are more durable and suited for commercial applications (but of course also work for residential.) Contract/commercial settings have higher performance requirements - think about it - you want to be able to wipe the walls down if stuff gets splashed on them, and you wouldn't want someone in your restaurant damaging the walls by just brushing against them with their studded belt or scratchy jewelry - so you can usually use a commercially intended product in the home, but not all items intended for residential use are durable enough for commercial applications.
Anyway, this new pattern from Wolf Gordon called Irene's Damask is really fun because at first glance, it looks like a traditional damask, but when you look closer, you can see that it is made up of animals. The pattern was just introduced and I couldn't find it on WG's website yet, but I found the image I had seen in the magazine. I hope it is part of a whole collection with a similar feel.
There is another company I've seen do a similar thing with damask. Studio Printworks carries a design by Paul Loebach called "Yee-Ha." It is a composition of cowboys on horseback, oil rigs, football helmets, and more Texas-style imagery, but at a glance, it looks like a perfectly traditional damask pattern. It's available in a whole range of colors.
I've also seen the Scottish company Timorous Beasties create toile patterns with somewhat disturbing contemporary urban street scenes and images of large iguanas Have you come across any other companies that play with traditional concepts of pattern like this?
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