Wallpaper and Interior Design

Real Paint on a Wall Has Nothing to Imitate

Designers say faux wood, brick and stone prints cheapen a wall. Artist-made wallpaper drawn from a real painted surface has no material to imitate at all.

Wrapping a Small Room Changes Where You Are Standing

Immersion in a papered room comes from covering every surface, not from pattern size. What 2026's all-over application trend actually does to a small room.

Scale Makes a Wall Loud, and Source Makes It Art

Trade recaps keep calling oversized wallcoverings works of art. What actually earns that word — and why a pattern's origin matters more than its scale.

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.

Nature's Patterns Have a Measurable Effect on a Room

Fractal research says a wallcovering's pattern can measurably ease stress — what the science says, what it asks of a pattern, and where hand-made work fits.

Brushwork on the Wall Is Now an Awarded Category

A gestural, brushwork-driven wallcovering collection just took a trade Best of Year honour. What that says about painterly wallpaper as a design category.

Wallpaper Carried to the Ceiling Changes What a Room Measures

Designers in 2026 are taking wallpaper past the dado and over the ceiling. Why full-height pattern reads taller, and what a painting-sourced pattern adds.

Presence Is What a Wallcovering Has When Pattern Runs Out

Designers say 2026 wallpaper is less about pattern and more about presence. Here is what actually creates it — and why a pattern's origin decides the answer.

Real Paint Under a Pattern Answers the 2026 Tactility Trend

Designers name tactility the wallpaper trend of 2026 — and most of it is an illusion of texture. What changes when the pattern begins as a real painting.

A Considered Pattern Can Slow a Room Down, Not Just Decorate It

Wallpaper maker Nicholas Hughes says a considered pattern can change the pace at which someone looks at a room. Angela Simeone's patterns start the same way — as a painting first.