Archive for March, 2007

Alvar Aalto at the Barbican

Wednesday, March 28th, 2007

I was looking forward to visiting the exhibition of the Finnish architect, Alvar Aalto’s work at the Barbican Art Gallery. So this week I decided to take some time off work and spend a morning at the Barbican.
I wish I hadn’t. The exhibition is rather dull and uninspiring. If you’re interested in Aalto’s work you’d […]

Wall covering

Friday, March 16th, 2007

As I mentioned in my previous posts regarding wallpaper, the new trend is to have unique or customised wall covering. Here are a couple of suggestions:Instead of wallpaper, use stickers or images like this hanger on your wall:
Check out Marmarco for other ideas. Alternatively stencil large images such as cherry tree twigs, large palms leaves […]

Trendy wallpaper

Friday, March 2nd, 2007

Further to my post about what wallpaper to use in the contemporary interior, I’d like to add to the list of interesting or must-have patterns. The following represent the latest trends in wallpaper design. 
Check out Elitis for interesting patterns. Unfortunately their website isn’t very good at showing details of their wallpaper range, but you can […]