Maison Martin Margiela, the luxury fashion house, has released their first wallcovering designs for Belgian brand Omexco. The five-range collection incorporates reinterpreted motifs, optical illusions and trompe l’oeil techniques with the names L’optique, Le Point de Croix, Le Rideau, La Mosaique, and La Paesine.
L’optique creates an optical illusion when viewed closely through the deformed herringbone pattern. From a distance, the wallcovering has a gentle, textured designed. The patterns were screen-printed on a non-woven material with a glossy finish on a matte base. L’optique comes in different color combinations of white on black, black on black, and black on white for matte and gloss finish. This design is also available in matte and metallic for combinations of pearl gray and white gold, and brown and copper.
Le Point de Croix which comes in white and silver, nude, red and blue have a three-dimensional effect with its cross-stitched design of a flower bouquet screen-printed on a non-woven wallpaper.
Le Rideau has a pattern resembling an old staircase with a trompe l’oeil effect. The image is screen-printed on a textile wallcovering creating a scattered effect and can be seen through different views. Le Rideau comes in white, pearl grey, red, blue grey and blue.
La Mosaique incorporates a geometric mosaic pattern similar to 18th century marquetry. The wallcovering which has a 3D effect was done by screen-printing the pattern on a non-woven wall covering and finished off using gold or silver leaf. This line can be availed in lapis-lazuli and black; a combination of ochre, bordeaux and brown; turquoise, and in fading grays and fading white.
The Tuscan limestone pattern are evidently repeated at the bottom of each La Paesine covering. The pattern was achieved by enlarging a photographed image of a stone in a flea market and then digitally-printed on mica mineral dust before sticking it on a non-woven backing. La Paesine has a textured quality and comes in black, white and natural version.
Maison Martin Margiela said in a released statement that the wallcovering designs were done in combination of avant-garde ideals with classical inspiration mixed with elegant humor. “By reinterpreting objects of all forms and sizes and by playing with false pretenses, Maison Martin Margiela deconstructs shape and volume and moulds a conceptual aesthetic within a one of a kind realm.”
