Wallpaper and Interior Design

Hospitality Design Moves Art Into the Wall Itself

Art in hotels is moving from applied to embedded - sculptural walls, dimensional surfaces. Where a flat, artist-designed wallcovering still earns its place.

A Wallcovering Needs A Real Source, Not Just A Brief

In short: This season's biggest wallcovering honors keep naming the same thing: a pattern built from a real, lived source reads differently than one built from a brief alone. Architect Michael Fo...

2026 Wallpaper Trends Are About Feeling Made, Not Printed

Designers say 2026's wallpaper story is craft and story, not just bold pattern. Why a pattern that starts as a real painting fits the moment.

Embossed Vinyl Is Not A Compromise Material

Splendor Grey Blue Wallpaper by Angela Simeone, installed behind a white Ming lacquer bench. In short: Embossed vinyl engineered to read like silk isn't a compromise pick for 2026 — this year's t...

A Painter's Hand Still Beats An AI Prompt

AI can generate a wallpaper file in a weekend. Here's why wallpaper drawn from a real, hand-made painting still holds an edge the trade can defend to clients.

The Plot Twist: How One Original Artwork Transforms a Room

How original art transforms a room: why one painting becomes the focal point, with placement lessons from designers and Angela Simeone's own installs.

A New Voice in Luxury Wallpaper

I love the great wallpaper houses — and I make something different: singular, artist-designed wallpaper drawn from my original paintings, a new voice in the same conversation.

Artist-Designed Wallpaper: A To-the-Trade Alternative to the Big Wallpaper Houses

An artist-designed, to-the-trade alternative to Schumacher, Thibaut, Phillip Jeffries, Eskayel, and Zak+Fox — luxury Type II vinyl wallpaper that begins as an original painting.