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Video Art: Gotye

“Somebody That I Used to Know” by Gotye

Credits: Cinematographer/colorist Warick Field, body artist Emma Hack, scenic artist Howard Clark. Original artwork is by Frank de Backer. Bravo to all!

To see video click here. Gotye \”Some That I Used to Know\”

Book Binding artist Paul Bonet

While thumbing through an Art Deco book on design,

found these ridiculously beautiful designs by Belgian artist Paul Bonet from the 20s-50s.

Painter and Wallpaper Designer: Charles Burchfield

Caught the last day of the creepsily magical Charles Burchfield exhibit at The Whitney Museum in NYC. Below are some of the artist’s watercolor paintings and wallpaper designs from the 1920’s.

Crazy Vegas Patterns

With our eye out for patterns, we couldn’t help but notice these carpets adorning Vegas casinos, featured in the New Yorker.  All I can say is… wow.

Off the Wall: Geometric

Intern at Large Karli Hendrickson just wrote me about a fantastic book she’s reading: “Off the Wall, Wonderful Wall Coverings of the Twentieth Century”  by Lena Lencek and Gideon Bosker. In the second section of this book “Circles and Squares- Geometrics, Abstracts, Op Art, Minimalist Art” the book explains that geometric motifs were typical of the 1950’s. Post World War II, low-cost screen printing inspired the production of more experimental and avant-garde patterns. Also during this time, an upwelling of ranch homes in the growing suburbs inspired the wallpaper industry to create bold patterns wallpaper to accent and jazz up the simple, open, and modern design of these ranch houses. Textile designs at this time were also very bold and featured prisms, grids, doodles, and loops of geometric inspired design.

Blackbirds on Bravo

I just heard from Karli Hendrickson, Cavern Intern-at-Large, that Bravo’s “Bethany Getting Married?” recently had a scene in which Bethany went shopping for baby clothes.  She apparently went to YOYA, an adorable shop in the west village, that prominently features Cavern’s Blackbird wallpaper.  Here are some cute shots from the store:

Introducing the Cavern Gift Box Collection

Big News!  Cavern is thrilled to announce the launch of our new gift box collection.  The boxes are hand made in the USA with our hand-silk screened wallpaper.  They are intended to be sold in gift shops, so when you’re buying a present for someone, you buy the box as a beautiful (and simple) presentation package.

Cavern is very happy to be working with the exceptional rep group Aesthetic Movement to sell the collection.  All orders should go through A/M: orders@aestheticmovement.com.

A special thanks to all the Cavern interns, especially Pat Shiu, for making this collection possible.  We are so happy to move into a product that is still fabulously patterned and true to our “Cavern” roots but at the same time accessible to all Cavern lovers.  The gift boxes will arrive in stores this Fall.

Respecting Our Elders: Todd Oldham

What is it about Todd Oldham that makes him so inspiring? I see his work and my heart skips a beat. His books, his photographs, graphic design, products, and interiors all exude this organic, joyful quality.  His innocent, colorful quality translates perfectly to his ingenious Kids Made Modern project, an educational and crafty guide to design.  Maybe it’s Oldham’s ability to express his unique perspective in such a wide variety of different mediums that ultimately makes him so appealing.

In this blog, loosely dedicated to walls, patterns, and surface inspiration, I thought I would include a few images from his website of the interiors he has designed.  So cool: