Abstract tree design

This is a wallpaper designed by Alan Shillingford for Arthur Sanderson & Sons Ltd in 1958. The sample was included in Allan Cockshut's machine-printed 'Star' pattern book which catered for the cheaper end of the market. This wallpaper features an abstract design of tree trunks and branches in pale brown and grey on a white ground. Listen to the audio created for the Sonic Wallpaper Project commissioned by MoDA and realised by Dr Felicity Ford: https://soundcloud.com/modamuseum/18-badda-4782 To create this piece, willing interviewees were asked to respond to wallpaper in the MoDA collection and asked to share their responses. Felicity then went on to create field-recordings based on what people said about the wallpaper design. She then layered these recordings with the interview material relating to this design, expanding the fantasies of home decorating using the descriptive powers of sound! People responded to this wallpaper (accession no. BADDA 4782) with ideas concerning Nordic forests, snow, and the ways in which wallpaper can sometimes create a sense of depth, or distance.