Pop art color palette inspired by the Toiletpaper Magazine Home

18/09/2021
Category: Mood boards

As we wandered away from Milan’s urban chaos, we visit the avantgarde blue building at via Balzaretti, 4 . Toiletpaper Home is the quirky world of Toiletpaper magazine. Their headquarters prove that unexpected things can coexist. The unique facade features masculine hands holding lipsticks, a truly unexpected sight. Therefore, it gives us an impression of what’s inside, a true pop art color palette explosion .

In 2010, Maurizio Cattelan and Pierpaolo Ferrari created a magazine that soon changed track. The newly shaped idea is to showcase artistic photos without closing them in a frame. The collaboration includes Seletti, marking the beginnings of a new home decor collection. Featured during Milan Design Week 2021, the furnishings show off authentic style characterized by trumpets, colorful snakes, and hands holding lipsticks. The designer pieces tell a maximalist story through images, fabrics, and colors.

The Toiletpaper home is an unexpected mix of elements. For example, the black table comes with an authentic print featuring randomly dispersed multi-colored snakes. While the reptiles come in different colors, the contrasting blend of blue and orange prevails through the pattern. The surreal piece is a base for four saws enclosed in glass. The composition looks like it is stuck in time while clearly indicating that minimalism isn’t accepted here.

Inspired by the surreal world within, we created the striking pop art palette. The unexpected mix of luxury and chic inquires a potent combination that gives off eclectic vibes. Starting off with the base of the palette we have our recolored Maxi Poppy carpet design by ege. We recolor this carpet to match all the primary colors seen within the home. We feel the strong contrast between blue and orange provides the ideal base to recreate the feeling. Followed by Prairie Lily, the palette builds a beautiful contrast. This specific rusty orange tone brings warmth while helping the pattern look put together.

Matte by DreamScape is a stunning pattern that found its way to this mood board. The audio cassettes in vibrant colors bring a lively palette that matches the overall mood. 10 Downing Street by Benjamin Moore is a signature tone that puts the samples together, achieving the ideal balance.

The Color Wheel Weave Mosaic fits the color scheme while adding a dose of texture for playfulness. The strategic incorporation of Black Copper adds depth and a sense of dimension. Therefore, we translated Toiletpaper Magazine’s vibrance into a stunning pop art palette. The carefully curated materials on our board emphasize the beauty of the unexpected.

If you enjoyed this mood board, you would be interested in Talk Carpet’s Recolor program. This opportunity allows you to personalize many of our existing signature carpet designs. We allow you to choose from nine substrates so that you can find the right fit for your specific needs. With the help of our convenient online tool, you can get a clear picture of how your desired carpet looks like. The Talk Carpet team would be happy to offer our assistance, so don’t mind reaching out!

PRODUCTS USED:

Maxi Poppy RECOLORED by ege carpets

Color Wheel Weave Mosaic by Daltile

Drift by CF Stinson

Feature by CF Stinson

Black Copper by Rivafloors

Matte by DreamScape

10 Downing Street: GE-105 by Benjamin Moore

Prairie Lily: CC-98 by Benjamin Moore

New York State of Mind: 805 by Benjamin Moore

Pop art color palette, Pop art color palette inspired by the Toiletpaper Magazine Home

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Sitting right next to Pompidou in Paris is Atelier Brancusi. This place is a reconstruction of the studio of renowned Romanian-born artist Constantin Brancusi. In the atelier, there are 137 sculptures, 87 bases, 41 drawings, two paintings, and more than 1600 grass photographic plates and prints by the artist.

Brancusi died in 1957, leaving behind a lot of his work in his studio, which consisted of 11 joined studios. The Romanian artist would break down walls to adjoin studios and create various environments to exhibit his work. He considered the relationship between sculptures and the space they occupied to be of crucial importance.

In 1997, the Atelier Brancusi as we know it today opened its doors on the esplanade of the Center Pompidou. So much of Brancusi’s work is on display at the atelier, giving you an idea of how much the artist put into the world. There are wood and plaster sculptures, bronze colonnades, animal shapes, and photographic studies. It is a beautiful and inspiring place to visit.

Inspired by the stone and natural textures of Brancusi’s work, we recolored the Stone Surface carpet. This is part of the nature collection by ege carpets, which takes inspiration from forests, deserts, and oceans. This light recolor of the carpet allows you to bring a textured palette to your next interior design project.

We created a material board that focuses on a textured palette with the atelier colors and the recolored carpet in mind. We included dark woods like Texas Mesquite 83000 and Artisanal Hardwoods. Keeping the dark brown theme, we also included different textured textiles like Artisan Textured Finishes by CopperSmith, Basketcase by Cortina Leathers, Lafayette Velvet by Opuzen, and Chesney by Valley Forge Fabrics. Additionally, we decided to bring some lighter tones of cream and white by adding Cove, True Terrazzo, Concrete Look Porcelain Paver, and Passion. To tie in the soft colors with the dark ones, we included mid-toned neutral paints like Crewel Tan by Sherwin-Williams and Mesa Tan by Dunn-Edwards Paints.

If you like our textured palette, you might be interested in our Easy Recolor Program. We used this to recolor our Stone Surface carpet, enabling us to source the perfect backdrop for our textured palette. Using our online tool, you can do the same. Choose from any of our collections and recolor them to match any interior. You can then visualize the carpet before ordering physical carpet samples. You’ll receive your samples within three business days at an affordable price. Contact us if you want to learn more.