1960s
Vines in Motion: The Orange-Accented Scroll Wallpaper of Early 1960s Korea
1. Anatomy of a Design: Dancing Vines and an Orange Rhythm The first sensation this wallpaper delivers is the unbroken flow of…
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1960s
The Tile That Climbed the Wall: Stippled Octagonal Ceiling Paper
1. Anatomy of a Design: Soft Tiles Stacked on Paper At first glance this ceiling paper appears to be a simple repeating…
1960s
The Modernist Garden Comes to Korea: Graphic Florals of the Early 1960s
1. The Spirit of the Age: Plants Made Simple After the Second World War, interior decoration in Europe and North America moved…
1960s
Between Encaustic and Dancheong: A Transitional Aesthetic in 1960s Korea
1. The Origin of the Design: From Floor to Ceiling, a Space Inverted At first encounter, this ceiling paper might call to…
1960s
America 1940, Korea 1969: The Quatrefoil in Delayed Bloom
1. A Design Lineage: From Cathedral to Living Room The defining motif of this wallpaper is the quatrefoil — a four-lobed form…
1960s
A Pattern Seen on Screen<: The Mint Fractal Wallpaper of 1969 Korea
1. The Texture of a Design: A ‘Fractal Snowflake’ Read by Fingertip What first arrests the eye in this wallpaper is a…