Minnesotan architect, Jeff Montague, recently submitted images of his prototype called the Storage Paper, made in collaboration with  Minneapolis-based HouMinn Practice. Storage Paper consists of a module of fissured fabric pockets that works as a wallpaper when it’s flat. As a storage device, the pockets bulge and expand when objects are stuffed within.

Designer’s statement: Storage Paper operates somewhere between wallpaper, storage and the modern living environment. The project interrogates each entities capacity to affect and be affected upon by users with various behavioral capacities (i.e. a young child’s ability to engage and act upon the material properties with an environment is very different than a mature adult).

close-up of the fabric pockets

Jeff was initially inspired by origami, and how surface cutouts generate a voluminous expansion.

You can view Storage Paper at the ‘Envelopes’ exhibition at the Pratt Manhattan Gallery

Off the Wall, produced by Gothenburg-based design duo Kredema design, is a 3-dimensional wallpaper that functions more than just a decoration with its rolling folds. It consists of two elements – graphic wallpaper and 3-dimensional shapes of acrylic sheets forming shelves and lamp shades.

Thanks to Pega Design who sent some images of their recent works. The design team came up with a brilliant series of origami-inspired wall stickers that both act as a home appliance and a wall decoration. Check it out.

excerpts of the design intent:

“Generally we seldom look at the decorative side of electronic appliances since we have practical purposes in mind. What if an object has dual lives, satisfying both functional and decorative reasons? Hence we made a series of wall stickers that could be used as interior decorations and house appliances (a lamp, a radio and a diffuser). Combining the art of origami, each wall sticker has a part that can be unfolded. By opening up this part, its function will gradually reveal. When closing down the origami part, the function fades away and the wall sticker becomes part of the interior again.”

My favorite furniture designer, Verner Panton, produced this mind-blowing wall made of triangulated mirrors in varying sizes for his home. Check out snippets of his gorgeous interiors showcasing his pendant lamps, chair, wallpaper, and his infamous Pantower, taken from the page from a design book from the 70s.

These gorgeous textile wall panels are created by Anne Kyyrö Quinn studio, each cut and sewn by hand, and currently gracing the walls of Swissotel to the Bloomberg Beijing HQ. Using 100% wool felt, each panel is fitted with strips of diagonal twists, creating interesting textures, and also acting as a soundproofing device. More images at a click.

Here is an excerpt of the works from the website:

“Anne Kyyrö Quinn’s sculptural approach has pioneered a new genre of interior textiles based on three-dimensional structure rather than smooth surface ornamentation. Our products are based on a portfolio of eighteen core designs inspired by organic shapes and expressed with Scandinavian simplicity. Whether crafted into cushions, throws, table runners, wall panels or blinds, each design has a tactile feel that appeals to the eye as well as to the hand. As we merge twenty-first century design with textures inspired by the natural world, our products bridge the gulf between the urban interior and the natural landscape, and bring an elegant, unassuming beauty into everyday life.”

images via Anne Kyyrö Quinn