Wednesday, January 25, 2012

A strong dose of colour

Once again, the new fabric and wallpaper collection entitled 'Colour for Living' from the UK company Sanderson features a vast selection of beautiful (and colourful) designs that are bound to become design classics. I really admire the collection for the manner in which it gently references historical design for a contemporary market. 


St Ives - a wallpaper and fabric design featuring the hilly streetscapes of this renowned artistic hotspot, carved into lino in a naive style .


 This Rainforest fabric design reminds me of the Austrian / Swedish modernist designer Josef Frank. I love the blue colourway.



The linen textures of this Block Leaf design hark back to the pared-down and graceful 1950's patterns designed by Lucienne Day.

 


Another of my favourite designs from this collection is Bellflower -  I love the Atelier Martine / Dufy influence. 


You can view the entire collection of fabrics and wallpapers from Sanderson's Colour for Living range here.

3 comments:

  1. I follow your blog with pleasure. Your drawings are very beautiful and inspiring them to me. Would you like to visit my blog?
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    Eda

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  2. What a nice set of patterns!

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  3. these are lovely - they very much remind me of the Venetian paper prints. Very nice blog :)

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