The history of the Swedish wallpaper manufacturer Ulricehamns Tapetfabrik dates back to the middle of the 19th century, when the first wallpaper factories were founded in Sweden. To this day, the company relies on the traditional surface printing process and produces iconic Swedish design wallpapers with a handcrafted feel.
Walls, ceilings and floors do not always have to be in pure white tones. Off-white tones offer many design advantages. In England, for example, they have a long tradition in interior design.
Whether contrasting, neutral or with an accent wall: designing living rooms with wallpaper and colours makes it possible to create harmonious rooms.
Founded in the early 2010s, the English wallpaper and fabric label House of Hackney is still highly influential today. It succeeds in combining British tradition with urban avant-garde.
With a new coat of paint in a matching colour, aged wood panelling can look fresh in no time at all and suddenly appear ultra-modern. We explain the few steps that are necessary to turn old wood panels into a design highlight.
The concept of wabi-sabi has characterised Japanese culture for centuries. Applied to modern wall design, wabi-sabi creates interiors that fit perfectly with the idea of slow living and the trend towards greater mindfulness. In this article we feature a selection of wallpapers by Scandinavian wallpaper manufacturer Sandberg, with patterns that follow the principle of wabi-sabi.
“If you don`t like green, you don`t like green”
meinewand.com founder Sebastian Stahl and meinewand.com colour consultant Kai Bergen had the chance to talk to Patrick O’Donnell, international brand ambassador and VIP colour consultant of Farrow & Ball, about his approach for perfect colour-based interior designs and the new, reformulated Dead Flat finish by Farrow & Ball.
The designer wallpaper label KEK Amsterdam has dedicated itself to motifs that pay homage to the golden age of Dutch painting. Its large-format panorama wallpaper can be used in a variety of ways.
Many English interior design concepts are based on strong colour contrasts. But tone-in-tone is also possible. Their effect is calmer but a little livelier than Scandinavian tone-on-tone colour concepts.
For over 40 years the Barcelona based wallpaper brand Coordonné keeps creating wallpaper and wall murals with passion.
