Mike D. of the New York Rap Super Group, Beastie Boys, designed this wallpaper in collaboration with Revolver NY, and produced by Flavor Paper.
Flavor Paper tells us: “Brooklyn Toile captures many angles of life in the King’s borough from Coney Island to Hasidic Jews to Notorious B.I.G., the design covers many of the aspects of daily life dealing with subways and pigeons in a poetic way.”
The wallpaper is inspired by French and English toile patterns. These repeated patterns traditionally depict quaint and pastoral themes. Images of people lounging or working float next to scraggly trees, forgotten ponds, and huts in need of a new roof. The patterns were initially inspired by chintz fabrics imported from India, where repeated floral patterns were woven into cloth. The Irish used etched copper plates to print on fabric or paper, a practice popularized by the French and English, used in upholstery and on other decorative surfaces.
Britt Germann 