The Cutting Edge of Wallpaper

a Black Dog Publishing
The Cutting Edge of Wallpaper
Contributors: Cath Kidston,
Jocelyn Warner, Neisha
Crossland, Timorous
Beasties, Allegra Hick,
Jackson Chang, The
Designers Republic, Wook
Kim, Cole and Son, Blik,
Rachel Kelly, Squigee, Paper
Mills, Jane Gordon Clark, et
al
ISBN10: 1 904772 56 0
ISBN13: 978 1 904772 56 9
Flexicover
208 pages
300 colour ills
28 × 21 cm
Pub date: Nov 2006
£24.95
Category Interior Design
The Cutting Edge of Wallpaper is a comprehensive survey of a
medium which is gaining strong momentum with designers worldwide.
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From designs that refer back to the days of William Morris to the latest
in digital technology, contemporary wallpaper utilises a huge range of
approaches, all of which are covered in this book.
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The book encompasses the work of over 50 designers both
established and emerging. Lush illustrations of the work in situ and close
up make this book a real visual treat.
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Authoritative essays on the history and technologies of wallpaper
design provide an easily accessible context in which to view the images.
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With wallpaper now one of the basic essentials in any hip urbanite’s
home, this will appeal to the expanding mass of people with an interest
in interior décor and design.
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Description
Over the past two or three years, wallpaper has experienced something of a renaissance. After years of
minimalist plastered walls painted in neutral colours, people are coming round to the idea of individual
expression in interior design and the enormous variety and scope that wallpaper allows for means that
it is, at last, hip once again.
With our new title, The Cutting Edge of Wallpaper, Black Dog Publishing pays tribute to this exciting
new trend, looking at the techniques, products and designers at the forefront of contemporary wallpaper
design.
The book’s layout is clear and accessible. Two essays open the title. One looks at the past history
of wallpaper and how it has evolved, paying tribute to such key figures as William Morris and Andy
Warhol. The second explains the techniques and methods being used in wallpaper design today,
providing simple, user-friendly explanations of the applied technologies of wallpaper design. Following
on from this are images and profiles of the work of over 50 contemporary designers working in the
medium. From emerging talent to established figures in the field, this section gives a broad scope of all
the key players in wallpaper today. It will be sub-divided into five categories according to the qualities of
the work:
Figurative
Abstract
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l Technical and Interactive.
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Each section will have an introductory text explaining what these terms mean, and how this is
expressed in wallpaper design. The illustrated profiles will further exemplify this with beautiful images of
the wallpaper in situ, close-up and in the studio.
A final essay looks at wallpaper as an art form and the blurring of boundaries between art, science and
technology in the work of artists who examine wallpaper in the gallery context.
The Cutting Edge of Wallpaper is a beautiful, stunningly illustrated and luxurious publication. It will
provide an inspiration to designers and homeowners from all walks of life, and is the first to document
this fascinating and fast expanding field of design.
Architecture Art Design Fashion History Photography Theory and Things
Black Dog Publishing Limited
Unit 4.04 Tea Building, 56 Shoreditch High Street, London, E1 6JJ
www.bdpworld.com