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Showing posts with label modern wall coverings. Show all posts
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Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Spam E-Mail Wallpaper! Junk Mail Becomes Home Decor With Spamghetto.






You know those god-awful spam advertisements you receive in your inbox promising a greater sex life, a larger penis or wealth beyond your wildest dreams? Well, finally someone has taken those and put them to good design use.





Italy based design studio, ToDo, has brilliantly turned that e-mail spam into purchasable and customizable wallpaper or wall coverings under the name "Spamghetto".





The result is a print-on-demand, “green” FSC-certified, non-woven wall covering has won international recognition with a Silver Award at the 2010 European Design Awards.




The process is just as fascinating as the product itself: ToDo created a generative software that feeds on spam’s enticing claims, creating mesmerizing, subtly offbeat digital patterns in which one striking offer leads to the other in a compelling, unique design.



You can choose between various styles according to your taste, with thin or chunky strands forming different patterns.



If you want a custom version, provide them with your room's dimensions and using their generative software, they can produce a design that wraps and folds around all the objects that sit on the on the wall's surface.

Start designing your wallpaper at Spamghetto

Thanks to Design Taxi for bringing this cool item to my attention!

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Flavor Paper Wallcoverings: Scratch n' Sniff, City Park, Fishnet & Nouveau Riche


New Orleans' Flavor Paper has lots of great wallpaper designs. Most unusual are their actual Scratch and Sniff wallpapers, Jon Sherman's Fishnet, and Dan Funderburgh's new urban looking toile called City Park and his tongue in cheek Nouveau Riche.

The Fruit Cocktail Collection of scratch & sniff wallpapers was released at Wonderland for NY Design Week 2007. They can print it without scent if preferred, but then why would you want it? “The Fruit Cocktail Collection” by Michael Angelo for Flavor Paper features designs called Cherry Forever, Tutti Frutti, and B-a-n-a-n-a-s. Cherry Forever is included in the permanent collection at the Smithsonian Institution’s Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum.

B-A-N-A-N-A-S!
B-A-N-A-N-A-S!
Designed by Michael Angelo
Screens: 4 to 6
Colors Achieved: 5
Pattern Repeat: 12 inches
Side-to-side Match:
Eighth Drop
27”×15’ roll retail price:
$300-450

Cherry Forever

Designed by Michael Angelo
Screens: 2 to 5
Colors Achieved: 3 to 4
Pattern Repeat: 10 inches
Side-to-side Match:
Straight Across
27”×15’ roll retail price:
$200-400

Tutti Frutti

Designed by Michael Angelo
Screens: 6 to 8
Colors Achieved: 7
Pattern Repeat: 18 inches
Side-to-side Match:
Eighth Drop
27”×15’ roll retail price:
$400-550


In addition to those, Dan Funderburgh created City Park, another take on the traditional toile or damask looking wallpaper. From afar, it looks like something that might be in the ladies room of a fancy hotel, but upon close inspection one can see the parking meters, rats and fire hydrants:

City Park


Designed by Dan Funderburgh
Screens: 1
Colors Achieved: 2
Pattern Repeat: 20 Inches
Side-to-side Match:
Straight Across
27”×15’ roll retail price:
$150


Nouveau Riche


Designed by Dan Funderburgh
Screens: 1
Colors Achieved: 2
Pattern Repeat: 54 inches
Side-to-side Match:
straight across
27”×15’ roll retail price:
$150


Fishnet



Designed by Jon Sherman
Screens: 1
Colors Achieved: 2
Pattern Repeat: 19 inches
Side-to-side Match:
Straight Across
27”×15’ roll retail price:
$150


The above is only a small sampling of what they have to offer. Be sure to see all of their selections of hand printed and vintage wallpapers on their site.