Created by Dutch designer Piet Hein Eek, the Scrapwood collection of wallpapers copy the surfaces he creates on his handmade furniture made of found wood. Digitally printed, each of the patterns perfectly captures the grain and texture of various found wood surfaces. It is nearly impossible to distinguish the printed papers from actual wood. These...

I have always admired a good woodgrain wallpaper. Woodgrain or faux bois wallpapers have been around almost as long as wallpaper itself and the Cooper Hewitt collection has examples printed in almost every technique including hand painted, woodblock, lithograph, machine and even self-adhesive vinyl. This particular design has always caught my eye as I think...

Woodgrain or faux bois designs are another genre with a long running history in wallpaper design. There are examples in the collection that were hand painted, wood block printed, machine printed and lithograph printed. There are most likely digital versions as well but I don’t believe there is an example in the Cooper Hewitt collection,...