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Wim Crouwel-inspired Wallpaper

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Whether the name Wim Crouwel means anything to you, will depend on how much you know about graphic design and specifically typography. Dutch designer Crouwel is best known for designing radical fonts such as the The New Alphabet which he created in 1967. The Design Museum will be celebrating his long career with an exhibition later this year. Whilst the exhibition itself will undoubtedly be interesting, what has particularly sparked our interest is the limited edition Wim Crouwel Wallpaper that will accompany it.

The Design Museum has partnered with Cole & Son to release a wallpaper inspired by his work. The design incorporates a letter C for Crouwel in a geometric and abstract form to pay tribute to his style. Available in a choice of grey or aqua, the wallpaper costs £175 per roll.

The wallpaper will be on sale to coincide with the exhibition (30 March to 3 July) and will only be available to buy from the Design Museum Shop.

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Barneby Gates Promenade wallpaper

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More quirky wallpaper, this time courtesy of Barneby Gates and their Promenade design.

You may remember their This Other Eden wallpaper, which appeared to be composed of old photographs. This design also has a vintage appearance, looking like a traditional toile design. Peer a bit closer (there's a close-up over the page to help you) and you'll see an extraordinary range of characters, based on changing fashions of the twentieth-century. So you get a fully decked out teddy boy talking to a flapper boy, or a punk addressing an Edwardian lady. The characters promenade even takes them past iconic temples to fashion such as the Biba store. 

The design is great fun and is sure to be a talking point for many more years. It costs £65 a roll. 

Buy it from Rockett St George

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La Vie Ordinaire wallpaper from B&Q

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If you like Cath Kidston's London design or the retro city views of Lizzie Allen's City Gents wallpaper or indeed the the C'est Magnifique wallpaper we featured a couple of weeks ago, this La Vie Ordinaire wallpaper from B&Q could offer you a good budget option.

Like those three designs, it's decorated with illustrations of a city, in this case showing London, Paris and New York. It's a very nostalgic, touristy viewpoint so New York gets yellow cabs and the Statue of Liberty; London gets gents in suits and a girl in a rain mac holding a bulldog. The retro feel is further enhanced by the red and yellow highlights that have been used as part of the illustrations. 

The paper costs £19.98 for 10 metres

Order it online

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Bookshelf Wallpaper by Young & Battaglia

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The Bookshelf Wallpaper from Young and Battaglia is part of the current trend for photo-realistic wallpapers that add a trompe l'oeil dimension to your decor. The stacks of old books in muted colours  follow a haphazard pattern that in the right room would create a great vintage library look.

The wallpaper costs £68 per roll (measuring approx 550 x 3000mm).

You can buy it from Rockett St George

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C’est Magnifique Wallpaper from Anthropologie

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Want to add some European chic to a wall? Take a look at the C'est Manifique wallpaper for sale from Anthropologie.

The wallpaper is screen-printed with some charming retro-style illustrations of some of Europe's most famous landmarks. As its name might suggest, France - specifically Paris – is well represented with an illustration of the Eiffel tower. Look a bit closer and you'll also see the gondolas and bridges of Venice. Finally, bringing the subject matter slightly more up-to-date, the wallpaper also includes an illustration of the London Eye alongside traditional red buses and phone boxes.

Pretty and whimsical, the paper costs £58 a roll. 

Buy it online

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Brewers Gingo wallpaper – inspired by classic lighting

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If you can't afford a plethora of classic lights around your living room, you can always put them on your wall – with the Brewers Gingo wallpaper.

Lights are pretty much all over the design – in fact, you can have a lot of fun picking out your favourite, from the Panthella to the Arco and beyond. Not just the colour mix above either, check out another over the page, with a mix in brown also available.

Samples are available online, with prices at £42.90 per roll.

Find out more at the Wallpaper Direct website

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