ASTONISHINGLY BEAUTIFUL WALL SURFACES
Beautiful invisibility has been a recurrent theme this week on BeautifulNow, although not intentionally. We serendipitously discovered this gorgeous image of a body camouflaged by a new wallcovering, called “Ingrained (HIN-08*).” It’s a new design, shrouded in a bit of secrecy. Tri-kes, the manufacturer, isn’t saying much about it on its website, or anywhere else. “Ingrained (HIN-08*)” is part of Tri-kes’ Source One Handcrafted Collection and the company claims that it can be seamlessly overlaid on irregular surfaces, as illustrated in their photo above.
Photo: Courtesy of Inkiostro Bianco. Design by Saturno Buttò
Another body on a wall shocks in a different way. Artist, Saturno Buttò, designed “Maia II,” a wallcovering featuring his erotic drawings, for a new company, Inkiostro Bianco, as part of their edgy tattoo-inspired “Ink Rouge” series. Shown here, bringing a fetishistic beauty to an otherwise ugly industrial warehouse, this is one of the company’s mind-blowing examples of marrying old-world artistry and outrageous contemporary design themes, together with cutting-edge digital technology. While this particular design isn’t likely to show up in many living rooms or dens, Inkiostro Bianco has come out of the gate with a spectacular portfolio of designs that are truly breathtaking, many of which you can envision as your own personal backdrops.
Photo: Courtesy of Rollover. Design by Allisia Melka-Teichroew.
Ink is used differently in “Ballpoint Pen Repeat,” a new wallcovering designed by Alissia Melka-Teichroew (byAMT) for Rollover. At once, a scribble and a pattern, you can see both the fury and the discipline of the the scribbler. The loopy inked lines form a kind of punky lace that forms a gradient, dense and dark near the floor, delicate and airy at the top. This is not just a kid “decorating” a wall with reckless abandon, as many do with their crayons, markers, and pens. This is a sophisticated, yet playful homage to childhood, in which we see many possibilities.
Surface beauty might be only skin-deep, but it can inspire far greater depths, as these extraordinary new wallcoverings do.
To see our other beautiful invisibility themed posts, check out the Beautiful Invisible Man and Beautiful Invisible Things.
