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Wowzers! These are great! I'd give my left thumbnail for one of those chairs in the top picture, and that mural is absolutely fan-freaking-tastic.

I went to the show at nemo and their stuff is very cool!!

add this to the list of what will look dated in a few years

Pattern People have some amazing prints!!
If you are in any industry looking for any kind of prints, I highly recommend giving them a call. Great stuff, and great people.

WOW love their work.
There are two very cool Portlands, though...
please remember to specify ME of OR in the future!

The mural on the far wall in pic 3 reminds me of the doodles we used to do in school....just following lines and creating new patterns. If I had just the right paint pen....I might be inspired to do something funky on a random wall.

The top one hurts my eyes. But it does remind me of those books we had as kids where you have to stare at the pattern to see a 3d picture.

To me, the mural in the bathroom -reminds me of the period where art nouveau was fading out and art deco was starting to me in. That'd be what, late 1920's?

The chairs are a classic example of the art nouveau - art deco crossover period. But I was only a "C" student. LOL

So ec05, I agree some of them will be dated, like the over-pixelated stuff that seems to be "in" (I hate it about as much as painted furniture).

But some of it will be "timeless" because it is based on designs that are considered by many to be timeless.

My only "complaint" about that bathroom mural is I wish it had more color. Not the whole rainbow of course but I'd love to see it in other than monochrome.


So now I have a question - where can I buy those awesome prints that are hanging on the wall? Are they fractals or photos from a kaleidoscope? They're incredible.



The wallpaper reminds me of a project I did in Photoshop where I took photographs of reflections in soap bubbles (very time consuming and frustrating) then layered them on top of each other using various compositing modes and finally folding the image in half. Wish I still had the digital file. :

Hi! It's Claudia from Pattern People. I'm so excited to see this post and it's very interesting to see your comments. The bathroom project was done on commission, so there were a few small constraints, such as color. At at the same time, the client and interior designer (Andee of Osmose) liked what we did right away. Our first round was our natural doodly obsessive drawing style, and it seemed to work for everyone. After that, it was great to develop that into something even more obsessive and ornate. We worked with a mural painter, Brent Wick, and he eventually got it all painted onto the wall, he was amazing!

The rest of the space is also very cool. The client has very eclectic and adventurous taste, and the interior designer is really talented. It's in the current issue of Portland Spaces.

Finally, If anyone is interested in buying any work, please email us: info@patternpeople.com. Thanks everyone!!

check out more osmose work (design of the bathroom with Pattern People mural) at: www.osmosedesign.com