fairy tale wallpapers
For the second chapter of the Tales Book Collection Londonart recreates a sensory setting that evokes the fairy-tale atmosphere of the Arabian East and the Mediterranean
“The Thousand and One Nights” is a book that no one can claim to have ever read in its entirety because it never actually existed; in fact, it is composed of infinite books, each one different from the other, intertwined, mixed, and blended together: a tangle of ancient stories. It is perhaps the most famous fairy tale in the world, which remained in the shadows for a long time until Monsieur Antoine Galland, in Paris in 1704, was the first to translate, transcribe, and publish the collection.
Londonart, for the second chapter of the Tale Books Collection, continues its narrative, starting precisely from “The Thousand and One Nights” and creating a sensory scenario in which one can almost smell the spices and hear the noise of the markets, amidst palm trees, jewels, carpets, horses, turbans, and veils.
It all started from an idea by Pj Natuzzi, who was looking for something that could fully represent him for his new home project; the aim was to tell a story within a story. Fascinated by the Oriental tale that represents a fusion of different worlds, Pj, thanks to the collaboration of Nicola Bottegal and the Londonart team, managed to merge the Arab world with a new Mediterranean perspective that celebrates Puglia. The result is a collection of 15 subjects that embellish the spaces they inhabit, telling stories of love and friendship, vices and virtues, courage and loyalty, populated by sultans, love-stricken princes, voluptuous queens, cunning servants, and animals – glimpses of life that this world encompasses. The pleasure of storytelling is found in every wallpaper, where imagination takes centre stage, having the power to save us and stop time for more than a thousand and one nights.
