Wallpaper & Fabric Collaborations Spring 2022

This season seems to be all about collaborations with leading interiors brands partnering with acclaimed interior designers, architects, ceramic artists, fashion designers, and the wider art world. Whilst it is not new for textile and wallpaper designers to work with established artsists, the number of partnerships this season has definitely added a fresh dynamism to this year's  Spring/Summer collections.  We take a look at some of the wallpaper and fabric collections this has spawned.

Botanical Wonders - Wedgwood by Clarke & Clarke

Perhaps the most surprising aspect of the collaboration between Wedgwood and Clarke & Clarke is that this is Wedgwood's first fabric and wallpaper collection in their 260 year history. Founded by Josiah Wedgwood, the company is most famous for the invention of Jasper, an unglazed vitreous fine stoneware, often produced in their signature 'Wedgwood Blue' and white. The company also produces ceramics, tableware and other home accesories in a variety of designs and styles. The debut collection of fabrics and wallpapers mixes contemporary and classic styles in a stylish collection of florals and maximalist designs, including Waterlily a design which has featured consistently in the Wedgwood archive since its creation in the 1800s.

Harlequin X Diane Hill

Harlequin teamed up with London based Artist Diane Hill to produce matching fabric and wallpaper collections. Diane Hill is celebrated for her artistic style embracing classic Chinoiserie techniques and designs to create contemporary pieces. The result of the partnership is a wonderful collection of contemporary chinois fabrics and papers including the beautiful Florence wallpaper, the original design was painted on silk using traditional brush techniques and is available as a panel wallpaper (shown  below in the delicate shades of the Powder/China Blue coulourway) and the vibrant and energetic Marsha fabric, inspired by a bouquet of poppies and peonies. 

Christian Lacroix Maison and Designers Guild

Christian Lacroix continues his longstanding partnership with Designers Guild with the launch of two new collections for Spring/Summer 2022, Utopia and Cabanon. 

The Utopia collection is rich in the unmistakeable energy and flourish of Christian Lacroix's artistic style and is the finale of a trilogy of collections which began two years ago with L’Odyssée and Atlantis. Utopia brings forth a world of imagination, spirit and freedom where the impossible does not exist. Included in this exuberent collection is Atlantis Aube, a mural with large scale exotic flowers inspired by the imagined flaura and fauna of the lost city of Atlantis, and Feather Park, a colourful flock wallpaper in the style of a formal French garden where plants are both feathers and leaves and where you cannot really tell where one ends and the other begins. The Utopia inludes both fabrics and wallpapers and is complemented by a range of cushions and rugs.

The Cabanon fabric collection, includes a mix of iconic designs by Christian Lacroix for Designers Guild full of weaves, velvets and exotic prints for statement upholstery, curtains, cushions and blinds.

Villa Nova X Kyra Cane

The dramatic collection of fabrics and wallpapers in the Villa Nova X Kyra Cane is the result of their collaboration with acclaimed ceramic artist Kyra Cane. Kyra's works can be found in galleries and museums in the UK and beyond and the wonderful collection of fabrics and wallpapers can be complimented by a range of ceramics and other home accessories to complete the look. The fluid and dynamic designs in the collection capture the flow of energy from potter’s wheel with brush marks layering to form areas of colour and tone. 

Borastapeter - Scandinavian Designers III

We are stretching the bounds a little with the inclusion of Scandinavian Designers III, it is less of a collaboration and more of a collection of classic designs from Scandinavian Designers which has been reworked into a collection of fabrics and papers. Such is the success of this approach that this is the third such collection from Boråstapeter but we think you will agree the collections are timeless and worthy of inclusion in our review of Spring/Summer 2022 collaboration collections. Shown below are two designs from the collection Fågelbo and Fruktlåda.

 
The Fågelbo wallpaper is a perfect for Easter with a design inspired by a Swedish spring garden, originally designed as a fabric in 1943 by Lisbet Jobs it is now available as a wallpaer in the delicate spring colours of yellow, green, blue, red, pink and grey.  

Fruktlåda is one of Stig Lindberg's most popular and well-loved designs. Its contemporary scandinavian design originally dates back to 1971 and is available as a wallpaper in three colourways. 

Additional fabrics and wallpapers in the collection recreate iconic designs from Alvar Aalto, Gocken Jobs, and Arne Jacobson

Kit Kempe x Annie Selke Rugs

Textiles, homewares and fragrance designer, Kit Kempe teamed up with Annie Selke, Chief Vision Officer for the Annie Selke Companies to release a colletion of rugs available from Andrew Martin. The collection was inspired by Kit Kempe's favourite destinations - Barbados, London and New York with rugs styled to suit each of the three locations. The two rugs shown below, Lily Pad and Dew Pond are both inspired by the distinctive palette of the London based Bloomsbury Group. 

If you want to know more about the collection, Kit Kempe talks about her collaboration with Annie Selke and gives tips on how to style it on her website KitKemp.com

Previous Fabric & Wallpaper Collaborations

If these fantastic collaborations are not enough to excite you to redecorate why not check out some of the recent partnerships which you may have missed:

• Queens Square by Ben Pentreath and Morris & Co - Interior designer, architect and William Morris enthusiast Ben Pentreath worked with Morris & Co to create last year's Queens Square collection of fabrics and wallpapers. 
• Blendworth & Celia Birtwell - iconic British textile and fashion designer Celia Birtwell has produced two fabric and wallpaper collections for Blendworth; Celia Birtwell Classics and Celia Birtwell Bazaar. Each collection saw the Blwndworth Studio lovingly interpret her prints into fabric and wallpaper designs for interiors.
• Cole & Son - Ardmore Jabula - internationally renowned ceramic studio, Ardmore Design, produces ceramics from over 70 African artists whose works have been recognized as modern day collectables by auction houses Christies, Bonhams and Sothebys. The Ardmore collection for Cole & Son stays true to the ceramic inspired art with designs celebrating the flaura and fauna of Africa.
• Technicolour by Peter Saville - international textile house Kvadrat's Technicolour collection was the result of a collaboration with British Grpahic Desinger Peter Saville. The collection takes its inspiration from the use of seemingly random bright colours for the markings of grazing sheep in the landscape.
• Anthology and Guest Designer Natalie Barnes - Island Garden Collection is the result of a collabroation between Beyond the Reef founder and designer Natalie Barnes and luxury interiors brand Anthology. The collection of fabrics is available from Wyndham Fabrics. 
• Sanderson have alos collaborated on a clothing collection with Californian lifestyle brand and design powerhouse, PAIGE.