Lookbook: Pompeii by Studioestudio

Pom­peii is a new wall­cov­er­ing col­lec­tion con­cep­tu­al­ized and designed by Stu­dioes­tu­dio for Wolf-Gor­don. These wall­cov­er­ings draw inspi­ra­tion from the Black Paint­ings by Frank Stel­la, as well as from the intri­cate geo­met­ric mosaics of the ancient Roman city of Pom­peii, bridg­ing the gap between ancient arti­sans and mod­ern-era art move­ments through rig­or­ous exper­i­men­ta­tion and inspired artis­tic invention.

Pompeii’s pat­terns are cre­at­ed from three dis­crete hand-paint­ed square mod­ules (Left Curve + Lines, Right Curve + Lines, and Straight Lines) that, when com­bined, cre­ate an array of unique com­po­si­tions. Stu­dioes­tu­dio put togeth­er four pat­terns of vary­ing scales—Agros, Neb­u­la, Ter­ra, and Solis—that fuse the rig­or of process-dri­ven design with the ener­gy of fine art.
 

Agros

The arcs of the ​“Left Curve” and ​“Right Curve” mod­ules are inter­wo­ven in Agros. A series of large-scale ver­ti­cal stripes emerge from the arrange­ment of these arcs, which appear to pour into each oth­er like waterfalls.

Neb­u­la

Straight, hor­i­zon­tal lines stretch across the expanse of Neb­u­la, con­vey­ing the image of a far-off, hori­zon with sim­ple, ele­gant visu­al lan­guage. Neb­u­la uti­lizes the ​“Straight Lines” mod­ule to cre­ate wide bands of tight­ly spaced linework, inter­spaced with larg­er spaces that pro­vide a greater sense of visu­al rhythm.

Ter­ra

Ter­ra, an inter­wo­ven grid of alter­nat­ing hor­i­zon­tal and ver­ti­cal lines, brings to spaces a sense of qui­et order. Dif­fer­ent­ly sized sec­tions of linework add inter­est to the visu­al rhythm of the wallcovering.

Solis

Solis, an extra-large, lay­ered motif of radi­ant con­cen­tric cir­cles, uses its sim­ple, clean geom­e­try to cre­ate an impact­ful state­ment. The mas­sive, inter­lock­ing forms seem to invoke solar or plan­e­tary imagery.