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Above: London-based contemporary artist, Chae Young Kim, pushes the boundaries of digital textile designs with these knitting-inspired wall murals by Surface View


Below: The wallpapers by Norwegian company Concrete Wall imitate concrete so realistically that they can even feature graffiti, which can be manipulated to suit your specific colour requirements


Above: GEO is Ella Doran’s new range of digitally printed wallpaper that gives the illusion of a 3D surface


“THERE ARE SO MANY EXCITING POSSIBILITIES OUT THERE NOW, IT’S THE ABILITY TO PULL THINGS TOGETHER PROPERLY THAT MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE”


loves the latest ranges of papers that feature Swarovski crystals and says they are ideal for adding sparkle to the bedroom. Bassam also says that textured wall


coverings work particularly well in bedrooms and formal spaces: “They can add softness to a bedroom with silk, and drama to a drawing room with hand embroidered designs.” They can also be used to change the feeling of space within a given environment, he says. “Glossy or reflective papers can help to create the illusion of more space by bouncing light around, whilst matt papers can absorb light to give a flat foreshortened space – try combining the two finishes to create a dramatic effect.” With so many options to choose from,


textured wallcoverings are certainly injecting a fresh burst of excitement into our homes and are proving to be an essential addition to the toolbox of interior designers. designer


Left: Karma Living used a pink fern leaf material by Harlequin with a deep padding to create a cushioned wall for the dinning room of their 76 Carrwood project


“At Karma Living’s Cheshire project 76 Carrwood, we’ve used beautiful deeply-padded fabric on the dining room walls to cushion the sound of cutlery and to give a cosier feel to what’s essentially an eating space in a huge house. But in this case, as with others, our approach has been to avoid set formulas and to ‘feel’ the room before deciding on wallcoverings – in effect, we wanted to let the room ‘tell’ us what to use.”


Dave Herbert, Designer-Director, Karma Living


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