Calico Wallpaper Introduces Perception & Nuance, A Bespoke Wallpaper Collection In Collaboration With Colin King
Perception and Nuance Explore the Intricate Layers of the Past to Create a Timeless Collection for the Present
Calico Wallpaper launches two new collections Nuance and Perception, created in collaboration with interior stylist, Colin King. Through King and Calico Wallpaper’s ideation, Perception and Nuance explore the subtle layers of the past to create a timeless collection for the present.
King, who is frequently inspired by the past, looked to generations of color that span centuries, evoking frescos and texture for influence. Perception exemplifies the weathered charm of past epochs, rooted in a muted but grounded palate borrowed from yesterday while staying rooted in today. Layers of markings and meaning bring Perception to life, with the absence of past traditions defining a new reality of moments and memories. Perception depicts torn edges and faded plasters, graceful yet salvaged surfaces with different stories to tell, with a nod to what came before.
Nuance is an expression of benign neglect that has worked its subtle magic. The collection pulls inspiration from King’s past, reflecting on his time as a dancer through a divided interplay, a waltz between texture and hue. Nuance picks and plays upon a duality of left-over interventions, separated narrowly by a subtle horizon line. Through each imperfection and stripped-away material, details come even more into focus, more into the present, revealing the opportunity to be part of an era-spanning narrative. Nuance is a testament to years of occupation and the ravages of time.
"I've always been captivated by the beauty of patina, the transformation that unfolds as objects age and decay. It’s as if objects reveal their inner truth. It’s a unique quality seen in works of art and architecture affected by the passage of time,” says King on the collection. “The untouched and unrestored have a character and warmth, an effect that feels deliberately incomplete—magnificently imperfect. At the heart of it all are subtleties and nuances that bring depth and richness to the design."
Nuance is available in eight colorways, Memory, Reminiscence, Restore, Resurface, Threads, Unravel, Compel, and Duet; while Perception is offered in colorways Anecdote, Granulate, Intrinsic, Patina, Sift, Stripped, Unfinished, and Untouched. As with all Calico Wallpaper collections, Nuance and Perception were born from original artwork. Calico Wallpaper employs advanced technologies to translate the designs to be utilized for their new ordering system, Panorama. This streamlined process maintains the custom nature that the brand is known for allowing for a more efficient ordering process to reduce lead-time to as little as four weeks. Starting April 2024, Nuance and Perception will be available for sample orders and purchase through www.calicowallpaper.com.
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ABOUT CALICO WALLPAPER
Calico Wallpaper is a designer of bespoke wallpaper. The company was founded in Brooklyn, New York, in 2013 by creative and life partners Nicholas and Rachel Cope. Their process combines artisanal methods from the decorative arts, such as traditional marbling and dip-dyeing techniques, with innovative technologies. Calico Wallpaper works with a global roster of leading designers and architects. In addition to residential and hospitality projects, Calico Wallpaper’s designs have been exhibited internationally at Milan Design Week and London Design Festival and have obtained a place in the permanent collection at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. In 2021, Calico Wallpaper opened its first showroom at 57 Lispenard Street, New York, NY, with partner and furniture manufacturer Stellar Works.
ABOUT COLIN KING
Colin King has defined modern American design. A top stylist for the world’s leading brands and publications, Colin's practice was captured in his first design book, Arranging Things, published by Rizzoli in 2023. Through his founding of Colin King Studio, he has since developed collections for a range of brands from The Future Perfect to Audo Copenhagen. His distinctly perceptive eye also envisions both collections and artistic campaigns for Beni Rugs, a breakout star in the international design scene. Colin applies a dancer's sense of movement and stillness to all that he does, creating arresting imagery that turns aesthetics into movements and transforms emotions through the power of artful arrangement. In 2024, Colin was named Design Editor-at-Large for the prestigious art-fashion independent magazine CULTURED.