Coolest Toile Ever

Just a quick post to show you we are still alive in our resettlement-chaos:

The wallpaper London by Timorous Beasties.

The old French Toile or Toile de Jouy patterns may feel a bit outdated. Though outdated is the last thing one would say about the Toile collection from Timorous Beasties! It’s very updated, very urban, very much a sign of the times. The London Toile was designed from a love of London and a love of the old toile’s. Timorous Beasties have not actually changed much in the Toile concept – some imagery in the original Toiles were sinister – but they have updated the references from the contemporary urban. Built-in, almost hidden at a first glance, are urban social-realistic scenes of London. Crime, loneliness, homelessness and robbery.

The London toile is the second Toile that Timorous Beasties have produced, the first was the Glasgow Toile (2004). It has reference to images of Glasgow; drug abuse, homeless people and prostitution has been framed in the context of some of Glasgow’s most famous architectural landmarks and public spaces. Provocative yes, but who said design shouldn’t explore social and political issues? Indeed, Timorous Beasties have made the most interesting fabric and wallpaper pattern in our times.