![]() ![]() It’s something British interior designer Pandora Taylor has also noticed: ‘More and more clients are open to the idea of bold feature wallpapers or wallpaper murals. ![]() For example, rhythmic patterns resembling moss, wood grain or rippling water, or more abstract speckled designs that mimic the irregularities found in nature.’ ‘Instead of tropical prints,’ Lauren Chiu, color & materials expert at trend forecasting agency Stylus, says ‘botanical themed designs and soothing biophilic patterns are becoming more prevalent as consumers crave subtle cues that bring them closer to nature. We’re also reconsidering the idea of a ‘nature’s paradise’ in the context of a climate crisis too – should we covet ideas and create patterns of faraway ideas of tropical utopia when we should begin to reconnect with the nature that’s local to us? We’re looking in our own backyards and doorsteps for nature to inspire us rather than looking at far-away projected ideas of paradise that can feel out of touch with our everyday climes. And then later on the trope was further entrenched in the cultural cachet with artists like Gauguin, Matisse, and Rousseau who depicted paradisiacal worlds of ‘exotic’ flora and fauna. First from early explorers who saw the lush, abundant foliage, vivid colors and oversized flowers akin to the Garden of Eden. Motifs of the distant tropics have been an enduring trope in Europe for hundreds of years – becoming synonymous with paradise in Europeans’ minds. ![]() Or maybe earlier with the banana leaf Martinique wallpaper that first entered the zeitgeist back in 1949 when it was installed in the Beverly Hills Hotel, that quickly became a cult icon that evoked ideas of Hollywood gilded glamor that recently found a resurgence in the 2020s when mid-century modern styles came back into vogue. Maybe it first came to the fore when J-Lo broke the internet with *that* Versace jungle dress at the Grammys in 2000. The same applies to generalized tropical patterns. The monstera leaf pattern is well and truly entwined with Millennial culture: being the wallpaper pattern of choice for a whole slew of stores: Leo’s Oyster Bar in San Francisco, and on clothes at Old Navy, Forever 21, Lulus, and Alice + Olivia. ![]()
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