Thursday 8 November 2012

View Finder

Liberty of London ceramic tile window display 

Imagine...

 
the prettiest scrap of antique Belgian lace from the collection of the Victoria and Albert museum morphing into a visually delicate yet graphically appealing window shade, or...   








 


a classic photographic series becoming the striking border for your deeply coloured, contemporary furnished dining space, or...














 

a text written by the Royal patron of Portuguese exploration, Henry the Navigator, becoming the paper that backs the bookcases in your nautically
theme library, or...

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
                                                                             
a most beautifully painted Chinoiserie panel         
rendered as a black and white mural gracing
the cupboard in your sitting room...
 












 
 
 
Imagine this and so much more. And then, turn your vision into reality.
 
 

Discover...

A 19th Century Mary Hillier photograph canvas rests on a sideboard
 
Surface View, a British-based firm with an on-line playground that links collections with curators (their wording for you) and blows the possibilities wide open -- any image can be produced in any number of formats, from ceramic tiles and wall decals to mounted prints, epic posters, lampshades and wall murals. Your role is to bring the two together.

 

Explore...

 
and browse the collections of places like the National Portrait Gallery, the Ashmolean Museum, the Royal Horticultural Society and the National Maritime Museum plus other image repositories like the Getty Images Gallery as well as works by contemporary designers and artists.  Select your image and your product and voila, your classic car wall decal will be on its way in no time.  Employing a workshop of skilled craftsmen who digitally re-master images from original sources, they combine cutting-edge technology with old-world care and responsible environmental practises.  So, for that one-of-a-kind accent piece that will set your rooms off from all others, set Surface View within your sight.






 
All images via Surface View


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