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Let the new Droog wallpaper collection decorate your walls with history

Wallpaper

 

New impulse for wallpaper
Let the new Droog wallpaper collection decorate your walls with history

This fall Droog launches a unique wallpaper collection inspired by classic art works from the Rijksmuseum and Dutch church buildings. The collection entails designs by Studio Droog, and graphic designers Irma Boom and Mieke Gerritzen. Let the richness of Dutch history come to life on the walls of your own home or office.

A rich environment for minimalism
Minimalism in architecture and design has banned out wallpaper. Bare walls seemed to be the perfect environment for simple and bare furniture. It is time for a revival. It is time to give wallpaper a new impulse. Studio Droog’s Pleasure Ground wallpaper, based on an 18th century tapestry by François Coppens, was designed to make a nice match with simple furniture. This was demonstrated at Rijksstudio m2, a presentation by Droog and Rijksmuseum during Salone del Mobile in Milan in April. Another great example can be found in the Library at Hôtel Droog in Amsterdam, where the walls are decorated with the floral mural “Flowers”.

Rijksmuseum DNA
Hang one of 18 famous paintings from the Rijksmuseum on your wall with Colour DNA wallpaper. Irma Boom created this by using the colour palette she deveioped as part of the new house style for the reopened Rijksmuseum in 2013. She spent ten years deconstructing works of famous painters like Vermeer and Rembrandt to substract their colour DNA – the six colours that make up the painting. These colour schemes are now available as wallpaper in narrow or broad striping that you can mix and match.

Old Masters
Always wanted a Vermeer or Rembrandt on your wall? Mieke Gerritzen’s Old masters offers you a wall full of famous painters. This wallpaper design creates a beautiful contemporary diagonal pattern appear from a distance.

The wallpaper collection will be available on droog.com and at the Droog Store in Amsterdam from September 2nd from 199.00 EUR (per roll/4,38 m2).

Rijksmuseum and Droog present during Salone del Mobile Milan

Rijksstudio m2: dressed with fantasy, a new environment for minimalism

Inspired by the rich collections of the Rijksmuseum, Droog created a setting for a studio – entrance, bedroom, kitchen, living and dining. This presentation is complemented by wallpaper that renowned graphic designer Irma Boom subtracted from works of famous painters like Vermeer and Rembrandt in the museum’s collection. Additionally Droog presents new products, first on display in Milan last year, and now available to the public.  

Rijksmuseum: Rijksstudio m2
Rijksstudio m2 is a setting for a studio in which the richness of the Rijksmuseum collection resonates in walls and ceilings. 18th-century tapestry is transformed into wallpaper, a painting with birds and clouds is part of a reflective gradient wall in the bedroom and 17th-century landscape paintings are animated. The sober furniture in the space forms a sharp contrast with this elaborate treatment, but is just as much inspired by the Rijksmuseum collection. The pieces reflect the furniture as depicted in homely settings in famous paintings. A bath tub, a daybed, a writing desk, a mirror, a night stand, and a candleholder are all carefully executed in wood and leather in a new appearance. Minimalism in a new environment dressed with fantasy!

Renowned graphic designer Irma Boom created wallpaper that complements the presentation using the colour palette she deveioped as part of the new house style for the reopened Rijksmuseum in 2013. This so-called DNA of the Rijksmuseum is based on the highlights of the collection and is used in a variety of different visual manifestations.

Rijksmuseum: Rijksstudio m2 is supported by Heineken.

Droog products
A range of new products inspired by the Rijksmuseum collection is now available, such as glass series AA, 3D printed napkin rings and the rubber tablecloth Table skin. Droog also presents new products from The New Original series, inspired by iconic Chinese products, such as lampion lights and Tea for one and two teapots by Richard Hutten.

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