Desenio launches Bella Vita! photo collection and offers gallery wall ideas.

Desenio is an online art poster retailer with a difference, offering stylish posters, affordable Scandinavian-thematic wall art for rooms and interiors to provoke various moods and sentiment, along with a choice of frames, hangers, picture ledges and clips.

Just launched this month is their latest Studio Collection: Bella Vita! 

This photo collection transports us into a world of beauty, merging dramatic luxury with soft romance.  Set in a magnificent palace, the baroque architecture provides a backdrop overflowing with opulence and drama.

"When honing the concept behind Bella Vita, we wanted to capture the curiosity and growing appreciation for historical places and architecture, through photography that conveys modern luxury and emotion - and all in a romantic colour palette," says Executive Creative Director Annica Wallin.

The collection was shot in early autumn in an empty baroque palace just outside of Stockholm, where Desenio is based. The baroque style - originating in late 16th-century Italy - is rich in contrast and curves, creating rooms characterised by drama and movement. The ornamental and theatrical style of baroque architecture made the palace a perfect location to tell this story of history and romance. 

"For this production we’ve worked closely with a well-known Swedish stylist to really create the right feeling and look in each frame. It was a truly magical couple of days," says Annica Wallin.

This collection of 26 photo art prints are centred around a rich colour palette featuring deep purple, anthracite grey and gold. "We wanted to tell a story of breathtaking rooms and modern luxury in a rich colour palette perfect for autumn and winter. A costume drama set in the present day," says Annica Wallin.  

 FOUR WAYS TO ARRANGE A GALLERY WALL

With an online presence in 33 countries, Desenio, which was founded in 2010, also offers ideas for arranging artwork on a gallery wall. You can simply follow their guidance in the Inspiration Rooms on their online shop.  Here are some Gallery Wall ideas proposed by Desenio.

If you like keeping things clean and organised, the Grid style of a gallery wall shown above allows you to mix and match many different art posters and photo prints while still achieving a clean look. If you want to keep your wall art streamlined, stick to two or three colours when choosing the art prints, all of the same size. Or maybe just go for black-and-white prints all the way.

Undoubtedly one of the biggest interior trends of the season, making a statement with a larger-than-life art print can really transform a room. Whether you choose to go for something colourful or minimalistic, scaling up to a 100x150 cm frame is a good idea if you like this look. A perfect piece to hang above a sofa or on a large empty wall.

For an eclectic effect, why not mixing frames in different sizes and materials. Try playing around with the spacing as well for a truly personal look, or complementing your wall art with a mirror, a hat or maybe framing a piece of fabric to switch things up!

And finally consider making use of a picture ledge for displaying your wall art to create a clean look.

You may want to accentuate the border, use different frames and sizes and try painting the wall above and below the picture ledge in different shades of the same colour for a dramatic effect.

All images from Desenio.

Husband and wife launch Claude & Leighton® online art and décor shop

We cannot under estimate how art in our home and work place can lift spirits and nurture our soul and stimulate senses.  Now husband & wife team Laurent Stadelmann and Jayne Leighton Herd who are based in Wokingham in Berkshire, UK, have launched Claude & Leighton®, an online destination for high-quality, contemporary art prints, posters and wall decor with an aim to lift our mood as we are spending more time than ever indoors during these difficult pandemic times.  

Claude & Leighton offers abstract geometric art prints and typography posters. All designed and produced in-house in the UK.  This lifestyle image shows two wall art prints in Red Geometric Stained Glass and 
Bisous Kisses Typography Poster.

The couple's  aim is to lift the mood of all those people who are spending more time than ever within the walls of their homes during these difficult pandemic times.  

This lifestyle image shows three framed prints in a lounge setting:  If Our Love Was a Circus - Song Lyrics Typography Poster; Falling Leaves Wall Art Print; and Fields of Green Photography Art Print, all available at
Claude & Leighton® online.

Claude & Leighton want to help personalise walls with British designed and produced art, which would hopefully "to bring a smile of delight, a grin of humour, a wow moment."  

Laurent comments: “I have seen many times how much pleasure Jayne’s art gives to people. We want to bring more smiles of joy to a greater audience during these difficult times.” 

Flowers In Her Eyes Photography Art Print.

Claude & Leighton offers prints in a variety of genres, to enable people to enhance their homes and offices with expressions of style and personality. 

From abstracts and landscapes, to portraits and animal art, to fine art photography and typography. 

Claude & Leighton is proud of its British design credentials. All art prints and posters are created and printed to the highest quality from its Berkshire print studio, and carefully packed in gift-ready, British-made recyclable packaging. 

This new online business has been created as an outlet for professional artist Jayne’s other art and design. 

This lifestyle image at left shows three framed prints in a lounge setting: 9 to 5 Numerical Typography Poster; 24/7 Numerical Typography Poster and Bee & the Pink Flower Photography Art Print.

Over the last 15 years Jayne has been known for her original statement paintings. But behind the scenes, Jayne creates so much more.  

Two framed prints of painted flowers in vases.

Jayne explains, “I am always creating, experimenting, painting and designing in different genres and media. With a background in graphic design I also love digital art and composite photography.  Before now, people would only get to see my collections of originals, and a couple of particular styles. My official art, if you like. Now I’m so excited to share my other art and designs too, and I hope people will find pleasure in them.” 

While Jayne is the creative force in the partnership, Laurent is the business mind and the catalyst for Claude & Leighton. For a long time he has felt that all of Jayne's creative expression and skills deserved to be seen and enjoyed by others.

All photos from Claude & Leighton®.

NEW Modernist London Poster Book from Oscar Francis

MODERNIST LONDON - 22 POSTERS OF INSPIRATIONAL ARCHITECTURE

As interest in Brutalist and modernist architecture is undergoing a major revival, this collection of poster art created by an architect turned illustrator will thrill fans of architecture and London alike.

From the National Theatre on the Southbank, to Willow Road in Hampstead, Sarah Evans, the architect and designer behind Oscar Francis, has captured the patterns and textures that make Brutalist and modernist architecture so intriguing, creating images that celebrate the pure aesthetics of these forward-thinking, utopian designs. Reproduced on high quality paper, these pullout pages will make ideal wall decorations for anyone who loves modernist architecture.

OSCAR FRANCIS is a London-based studio creating bold graphics inspired by the city founded by architect turned illustrator Sarah Evans. Release dates:
US November 15, 2017
UK October 15, 2017

Real Art in Print and images of London used as statement art.

Love London?  Images of key architecture and aspects of the capital are great for making show-stopping statements and stimulate lively discussion.

Britain's Crowning Glory.
This magnificent vintage poster design from Printism shows London at its best as the sun streams across the city on a lovely fine afternoon.  Displaying an abundance of detail, the poster depicts an usual angle of view designed to take in a range of famous city features including the London Eye, Houses of Parliament and Battesea Power Station as well as Hungerford and Westminster Bridges. An iconic double-decker bus can also be seen traversing Waterloo Bridge in the foreground. 

Just launched by Printism is this vintage style London poster shown above, available as print only, framed print or stretched canvas in a huge range of sizes, right up to an impressive height of over two metres – perfect for creating that wow factor or statement wall in the home, office or shop front.  Whether you're 'born and bred' British, a visitor from abroad wanting a spectacular souvenir of a short or long stay, or an expatriate missing home, this design, "Britain's crowning glory", captures the spirit of London.

Printism from Australia produces vintage travel posters and advertising posters from the 1930s, 1940s and beyond, and delivers worldwide.

 The London Mono Collection by Katie Cardew

Meanwhile, British illustrator Katie Cardew  has got a new monochrome collection of iconic London buildings, available framed or unframed available on her web-shop,  along with her other prints and cards in a range of subjects, including maps and animals.  Katie is happy to do commission work as well.

Print made to resemble a classic London Underground ticket from Of Life & Lemons.

Howabout this lovely print above, made to look like a classic London Underground ticket, featuring the quote 'When man is tired of London, man is tired of life'. Instantly recognisable as a London Underground ticket, this print makes a perfect gift for anyone who loves London and is a guaranteed talking point! The print is available in A4, A3, A2 and A1 sizes.  Available from Of Life & Lemons 

is also a series of witty poster prints, tea towels and tote bags inspired by everyday humour, incorporating quotes and sayings to bring fun artworks to life. The range is entirely made in the UK.

Digital print of the famous Tower Bridge over the river Thames, London, by Tabitha Mary.

And British artist Tabitha Mary who is inspired by old railway posters, has made a series of prints featuring world famous iconic city images such as the Tower Bridge of London shown above.  

The artwork are now available as digital prints and signed Giclee prints both with an option of framing, in A4 up to A1 sizes, all made in the UK too.  Tabitha Mary also produces greeting cards and tea towels.