In the next of our series on top wallpaper designers we’re taking a look at the work of Basso & Brooke. Brazilian Bruno Basso and Brit Christopher Brooke met in a London nightclub and decided to launch their own fashion label. This was back in 2003 and by 2004 they had scooped the London Fashion Fringe award which led to a production deal with Italian luxury goods manufacturer Aeffe.

Their gravity defying clothes have been compared to the work of John Galliano due to theatrical designs that incorporate wild and bold graphics. In 2008, Basso & Brooke teamed up with wallpaper manufacturer Graham & Brown to produce this great range of wallcoverings.

Basso & Brooke Designer Wallpaper

With this range of wallpaper, Basso & Brooke have attempted to make their clothing prints accessible to the interior design market and will be looking to extend this to lifestyle products such as lamps, soft furnishings and china.

Basso & Brooke have created eight prints available in 46 colour options. They have named their prints: Alphabet, Chain, Chinoise, Globe, Map, Odyssey, Pathway and Soma. All the designs are produced on clay-coat paper with a matt finish and metallic/gloss embellishments.

‘Alphabet’ print wallpaper

This wallcovering isn’t just any alphabet print. The Greek alphabet has been in use since the early 8^th century BC and Basso & Brooke have weaved the 24 letters into a complex rhythmic lacework across six different colour options.

 

‘Chain’ print wallpaper

A simple, but beautiful, decorative link pattern wallpaper. The metallic detail reflects light perfectly and the detailed layers create a design that will look great in any room of the house.

 

‘Chinoise’ floral print wallpaper

The word ‘Chinoise’ is French for ‘Chinese’ and Basso & Brooke have taken the Far East as their influence for this line of wallcoverings. The complex mix of exotic flowers of this print will make a striking design statement to any room.

 

‘Global’ line print wallpaper

The duo’s interest in letters as a design statement continues with the ‘Global’ line of wallpaper. This time they have been influenced by various alphabets from countries of the world and created a wallpaper in the Art Deco style with a grid-like pattern.

 

‘Map’ wallpaper

During the early 1980s, an Italian collective of furniture designers known as ‘Memphis’ dominated the scene with their post-modernist and radical style. This line of wallpaper from Basso & Brooke with its abstract line drawings is influenced by the ‘Memphis Design Movement’.

 

‘Odyssey’ patterned wallpaper

Once again Basso & Brooke have weaved classical Greek influences into a contemporary wallpaper design with ‘Odyssey’. Inspired by decorative Hellenic motifs (the word ‘Hellenic’ is a synonym for ‘Greek’), this intricate and flamboyant design is typical of the duo’s style in the fashion world.

 

‘Pathway’ striped wallpaper

This Art Deco inspired print interweaves an intricate pattern into stripes that look elegant yet striking on any wall in the home. The ‘Pathway’ line of wallcoverings is available in six different colour options.

 

‘Soma’ geometric print wallpaper

‘Soma’ is Basso & Brooke at their bold and vivid best. Geometric shapes in pastel colours join together to create a varied and complex abstract patterned wallpaper. Truly a ‘one-off’ design in every respect as this is only available in one colour option.

 

Basso&Brooke Soma 57173

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