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N E E D S & D E S I R E S / Elizabeth Azen, 2005. Wall covering and mural sample book. Screen print and inkjet on canvas.

N E E D S & D E S I R E S / Elizabeth Azen, 2005.
Wall covering and mural sample book. Screen print and inkjet on canvas.

 
Cover

Cover

 
Wilderness Basic; wallpaper sample page, back

Wilderness Basic; wallpaper sample page, back

 
Nature on Nature; mural sample page

Nature on Nature; mural sample page

 
 
Nature Within Reach; mural sample page

Nature Within Reach; mural sample page

Nature Within Reach; mural sample page

Nature Within Reach; mural sample page

 
Luxury Edition; wallpaper sample page. Limited edition prints available.

Luxury Edition; wallpaper sample page. Limited edition prints available.

Luxury Edition; wallpaper sample page

Luxury Edition; wallpaper sample page

Luxury Edition; wallpaper sample page, back

Luxury Edition; wallpaper sample page, back

 

Needs & Desires suggests folding nature into the domestic environment via wallpaper and murals. Graphic, photographic and typographic representations of nature — is a photograph of the wilderness more ‘realistic’ than wood grain contact paper, or is each option equally (in)authentic, just a stand-in for the real thing?
Also: tipped in, the Design Within Reach catalogue reimagined as a lifestyle retailer pairing Barcelona loungers and Breuer chairs with human-scale nature murals.
Wilderness Identity considers and constructs visual markers for nature and survival.

Related: Wilderness Identity Basics, Wilderness Identity Table Top.