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.
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.
Just got these installation shots from Social Control, a very cool production company in LA, that installed Tom Slaughter’s ‘NYC Watertowers‘ last week. I’d say the pattern holds up quite well on the West Coast. Thanks for the photos Jessica!
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:
This past weekend I stopped into Just Scandinavian, a design shop in TriBeCa, and I have been thinking about designer Joseph Frank ever since. His wallpaper, textile, and furniture designs all exude the simplicity and vibrancy associated with Scandinavian design, but they also have a fanciful quality that is uniquely his own. I love how it all looks so colorful and bold while still being refined and tasteful. The shop keeper at Just Scandinavian described Frank as the “Swedish William Morris,” as both designers shared a passion for pattern and nature, and both came to define their respective national aesthetics. I told her that walking into the store, I felt like I died and went to color heaven.
Check out Just Scandinavian- they have an online shop and sell home goods by Frank and other amazing designers!
I’m a huge fan of Kehinde Wiley- especially the way he uses color and pattern to activate his canvas. Cavern Intern-at-Large Karli Hendrickson just told me about another artist, Barkley Hendricks, who was born in 1948 and was a predecessor of Wiley. Best known for his 1960’s and 1970’s portraits of people in urban American, Hendricks clearly shows a flair for pattern repeats. Read more about him and his exhibition at the Studio Museum here.
Thanks for the heads up, Karli!
Just saw these installation shots of our Blackbird pattern on Jen Marsh’s charming website, Cattywompus. This is a cupcake shop in Hoboken apparently. Charm abounds!
Check out these fabulous Etsy stores offering objects made from wallpaper.(Click on the photo to go to the site where they are sold.) Inspiring stuff!
Thanks for the heads up Karli!
Intern-at-Large Karli Hendrickson just alerted me to Still Life with Wallpaper, a blog and Etsy site that features wallpaper in illustrations and prints. Very charming work!
I see wallpaper everywhere, and I go back and forth between thinking it’s because my eye is trained to see wallpaper — or it’s because wallpaper actually is popping up everywhere and taking over the world. Commercials, movies and TV, fashion editorial…wallpaper wallpaper wallpaper! Below, some shots from the May Urban Outfitters catalog sent by Cavern intern-at-large Karli Hendrickson.
Thanks for the images Karli!
