The Caged Bird collection marries a multitude of trends in an unconventional way
North Yorkshire, UK - North & Nether’s newest wallpaper collection, Caged Bird, has been unveiled today. The sixth collection in the brand’s catalogue, Caged Bird features vintage bird illustrations with a trademark North & Nether twist.
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According to Megan Slack at Homes & Gardens, bird motifs are trending because they represent freedom, optimism, and the ability to escape. In addition to bird motifs, biophilic designs have featured on Real Homes roundup of wallpaper trends - and of course maximalist patterns are everywhere. The Caged Bird collection takes inspiration from these trends and reimagines them with birds in captivity, including elements both vintage and modern.
Four of the designs in the collection feature a different species of bird in a cage - either real or metaphorical. Magpie and Pigeon are more traditional patterns, while Rifle and Roller have more modern lines.
Magpie has the namesake bird flying amid irises, seemingly aware of the mesh cage which surrounds them. Look closely in Pigeon, and you will see leg bands on a few of the birds.
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Rifle has a vibrant teal background with a modern gate illustration - with other flora and fauna around, the birds look to find freedom. Roller is a linear barbed wire print with the bird guarding its eggs.
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Feather, a supporting pattern, is a dense motif of abstract feathers in the collection’s signature teal colour.
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Teal is the focal point of the collection - a timeless colour which, according to colour psychology expert Karen Haller on The Design Sheppard, evokes feelings of tranquillity, calm, peace, and balance - a direct contrast to the feelings of being held captive.
Mara Nieuwsma, Managing Director, comments on her colour choices: “I was drawn to the vivid teal feathers of the rifle and roller, and wanted to carry this hue through the collection, balanced with black, greys and beiges to make the designs more versatile. The cages arrived naturally through the creative process, in a desire to add something unexpected to a familiar motif.”
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PRODUCT DETAILS
Roller, Magpie, Rifle, Pigeon and Feather are available now at northandnether.com
All products retail per roll at GBP £135.
ABOUT
North & Nether is a designer of luxury wallpaper far from the ordinary, on a mission to create products that extend beyond interior design to art. We look for intrigue and beauty in the most unusual of places and extend this to lend eclecticism to your home; the repurposing of found illustrations and objects, coupled with the inspiration of bygone eras and faraway lands, is at the heart of North & Nether designs.
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