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Kirath Ghundoo's new
wallpapers 2012

I discovered the surface pattern designer, Kirath Ghundoo, at last year's 100% Design – drawn over immediately to the striking, gorgeously coloured geometric wallpapers she had hanging up. 

Now she has just launched a new range – hot on the heels of being shortlisted in the final three of the Homes & Gardens Young Designer Award.

Kirath's trademark is that she creates designs that can be mixed and matched – making the whole process more sustainable, as it saves on waste, and cheaper as you can use everything up more easily. And this week she launched a new range of her lovely, very well-priced wallpapers (scroll further down to see the new designs), as well as a bespoke service – see above. The bespoke service papers, which involve Kirath creating for you a unique, personalised design, start at £100 per roll plus design fees.
Kirath's new MisMatch 12 range, below, features three colourways: as with her Mix n Match 11 range (which I still hanker after – so unusual and such great colours) the designs can be chopped up in a variety of different ways to create new patterns. She explains: "The mismatch pattern collection is uber cool. This can be created using a variety of colours, standard block repeat (which has been used for this collection), applied portrait or landscape. The possibilities are endless! The look is simple and creates a striking impact."



The MisMatch Collection – Kiwi Kiwi has been displayed in a boutique style hotel, with contrasting furniture and fabrics. This can be created using a variety of colours, standard block repeat (which has been used for this collection), applied portrait or landscape. This look is simple and creates a striking focal point for both residential and commercial spaces.



The MisMatch Collection – Sharon Sharon has been used for a bar and applied landscape for a portrait finish, which demonstrates the possibilities from one roll.


The MisMatch Collection – Chilli Chilli is a dark repeat that works well in large spaces to add warmth. This can be created using a variety of colours, standard block repeat (which has been used for this collection), applied portrait or landscape. The simplicity of the repeat creates a striking feature wall for both residential and commercial spaces.

All MisMatch rolls are 52cm by 10m and priced at £60 per roll. Below, some more of Kirath's designs, mixed up and also some more explanation of how the system works.





The Mix ‘n’ Match 11 Collection – Iso, Persia, Stack, Lavish, Aztec, Mosaic, Geo Still love this, from last year, very much.

London Design Festival postscript – part II

As promised, some more of my highlights from last week...


I couldn't stop staring at Kirath Ghundoo's gorgeous Mix n Match range of wallpapers, at 100% Design.The brilliant but simple idea is that you – yes – mix and match different rolls (£150 each) of the designer's colourful, geometric rolls (pictured above, main image, and below, bottom), to create any number of your own designs accordingly. Beautiful.

Equally dazzling were the striking new fabrics for Ercol, on display at Tent (above, top). They were created by New Designs student fabric design winner, Henoc Maketo, who draws inspiration from his native Congo (DRC).

And I couldn't resist these bizarre but brilliant porcelaine figurines of a chihuahua and a pug by Berlin-based ceramicist, Uta Koloczek (above and below).