Yesterday, i went to the opening of Design Mart at the Design Museum (thanks Hannes for the invitation). Will report with more details when i’ll finally be allowed to send my pictures on flickr (note to Chris: when in Italy don’t subscribe to Wind!)

When William Morris designed his hand-printed wallpapers in the late 1800s, he painted repetitive patterns of plants or trees, like the branches of willows in 1887’s Willow Boughs, to be reproduced on hand-carved wooden blocks.

Christopher Pearson has given the foliage of Willow Boughs a digital twist. On this wallpaper, the branches blow with the wind and the leaves twirl around dizzily. Which is quite nice in itself but once in a while, you can see a bird appearing among the branches or mice running from one side to the other, etc. An quiet, appeasing and delightful idea.

Video available on look at your walls.