wall decor

Cuppo is a minimal wall storage design created by Osaka-based company Ideaco. Fortunately, I had the pleasure of recently meeting the founder of the company, Ichiro Haba. He founded the company on the basis of providing smart, innovative designs that are both simple and functional. Most of the products designed by Ideaco are common household items that have been re-invented with improved aesthetic and utility.

The Sacred Geometries collection of wallpaper stopped me in my tracks when I first saw it. Designed by the Brooklyn-based Callidus Guild, the wallpaper is actually hand-plastered to create the geometric constellation-like patterns. Made in the US with eco-friendly materials and caught rainwater, the technique creates texture and dimension that are simply unreal.

Italian company Benetti Stone has decided to bring a bit of the outdoors in with their MOSSframe idea. They take natural stabilized lichen and contain it in a white lacquered frame that comes in seven different sizes for your walls. The collection requires zero maintenance due to the fact that it's treated. So you get a little bit of nature, without the cleanup or care that most plants and living things require.

If you'd asked me yesterday whether I thought that there could be a wall decal company that is doing something I haven't seen yet, I'd have told you no way. However, Unwhite is a Spain-based wall sticker company creates functional wall decor made by designers.

Well known for their soft-sided vertical garden wall pockets, Woolly Pocket is back with their latest design, Living Wall Planter. The indoor/outdoor planter is made of a sturdy hard shell with its own self-watering tank with holes to distribute water to the roots when necessary.

I got word of Drew Tyndell via Lauren Gregg and I have to admit that I'm eying a piece for my own home.

Wall decals are a great alternative to wallpaper as they don't damage your walls when they're removed and you can change them the moment you get tired of your handiwork with little effort. While there are a lot of wall decals out there, it's harder to find simple shapes that can create modern patterns like the Removable Wall Patterns from the Salt Lake City based MUR.

The Balcon collection by Inga Sempé is a mininalist's dream for wall storage. Consisting of simple shelves, a mirror and bowl, Balcon holds your necessities and no more.

Maps have always been a fun way to decorate your walls but have you ever wanted a more personal map, like one specifically for your town or zip code? Wallpapered creates just that - custom wallpaper maps for any spot on the globe that means something to you.

Arik Levy's new FOLD lighting collection for Vibia is like three-dimensional cubes for your wall. With an almost origami-like appearance, the aluminum fixtures look as if they're paper that's been folded and suspended from the wall.

As soon as I hear the word 'tumbleweed' I immediately conjure up an image of a desert with those dry clusters rolling across the landscape and that's exactly the inspiration that h2o architectes had in mind when they developed their Tumbleweed project. Each cardboard component comes as a tetrahedron that you fold and connect together to form a three-dimensional volume. You can then connect as many volumes together based on how you want to use them.

The UK-based design firm Dorothy created a vintage-y litho print map of Los Angeles that features film titles. Film Map includes over 900 film titles in the place of actual LA streets and sites, like Lost Highway, Forrest Gump, Nightmare on Elm Street, Jurassic Park, and Boulevard of Broken Dreams. The map also features an alphabetized key at the bottom that lists all of the films and their release dates and directors.