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Minakani Wallpaper

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Paris-based design studio Minakani creates "candid vintage quirky optimistic poetic" wall designs that welcome a little restraint in the rest of the room. We not only love each of these designs (even the '80s throwback lightning bolts) in and of themselves, but the application in each of the rooms shown here comes across as near perfection: typically only one wall or section is covered, with no need to hang a bunch of stuff.

Visit Minakani's news, selection, and info online here (and to inquire about pricing info). Then let the designers know your wall dimensions, and they'll ship to you.

Via Designage

Comments (11)

I'm not really fond of most of these (I've never really liked wallpaper with recognizable images) but I completely love that first one, it sort of reminds me of counting days, but in a good way :) and I love that it fades out up the wall.

posted by bonjourmiette on April 3rd 2009 at 1:40pm
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I also love the first one. I'm trying to figure out if I can do that fade effect on the cheap when I repaint my bedroom. It seems like there should be some way to get paint to do something similar...

posted by ysmine on April 3rd 2009 at 2:14pm
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I love the chairs in the first pic. Does anyone know where they're from?

posted by modernguy on April 3rd 2009 at 2:25pm
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I wish I had a way of making some of these fit into my life.

posted by Kimber on April 3rd 2009 at 2:32pm
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i like most of them, but that one in the kids room would give me nightmares

posted by sunan on April 3rd 2009 at 2:42pm
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I like the bird papers. But that poor child is scared of his wallpaper.

posted by Where You Hang Your Hat on April 3rd 2009 at 3:14pm
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I'm with modernguy on the chairs. WANT.

posted by fj123 on April 3rd 2009 at 3:39pm
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I like the idea of putting scary wallpaper in a child's room. Might help accelerate their ability to cope with a scary world.

posted by Jeff Flemings on April 3rd 2009 at 5:06pm
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: ) I did think the kid's wallpaper, tho awesome, was a bit scary, too!

posted by baba yaga on April 3rd 2009 at 8:08pm
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Except maybe for the first o ne with the hash marks and the white on black "hand drawn" grid, I seriously dislike all of these. They would seem VERY dated in about five minutes, too.

posted by SherryBinNH on April 4th 2009 at 11:47am
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I love the table and chairs. Does anyone know where to find those?

posted by gekkochick on April 5th 2009 at 10:08am
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