We want to encourage people to look for longer. Our work comes from a practice of storytelling through drawing, and we seek to evoke a range of emotions regarding history, people, and place. When images are in your home you get to look at them longer and they start to take on new meaning.

We want to push the boundaries of what is possible in the imagery we bring home. When we approach printmaking, we work to see how much of the details and pleasant imperfections can be brought out during the creation of the screens and printing process. The idea is that the combination of hand-drawn patterns, delicate line work, and textured brush strokes result in a wallpaper that brings a sense of intimacy to a residential or commercial space.

With an MA in textiles from Central St. Martins, Kim has drawn or designed for clients like Hussein Chalayan, Chronicle Books, and Anthropologie. Justin is a self-taught printmaker and his background in advertising, client relations, project management and sound design is a perfect complement. His sound work has been presented and produced in Detroit, New York, London, and Japan.

Oh, and we can be reached at brella at nottene dot net or justin at nottene dot net.
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We were a 2020 NYCxDesign honoree for Residential Wall Covering!!

Please see our feature on Design*Sponge: Storytelling Through Drawing

We are honored to be named Best Wallpaper in the Philadelphia Magazine's Best of Philly 2017 issue.

Please also see our favorite photographer Andrea Cipriani Mecchi, who shoots much of our product each year.

Press:
Cool Hunting • Design Mom • Design*Sponge • Design: Retail • Dwell Magazine • Hello Giggles • Jealous Curator • Interior Design Magazine (2017 Spring Tabloid Issue) • Luxe Magazine • Pattern Pulp • Philadelphia Magazine (print issue Jan 2017) • Racked • Refinery 29 • Uppercase Magazine Surface Design Guide • We Are the Market

Social Media:
Instagram & Pinterest

Exhibitions/Residencies/Publishing:
• CFEVA 2020 artists in residence at the NewCourtald Senior Center, Philadelphia
• Fellowship at Winterthur Museum & Library January 2020
• Art Futures resident at Philadelphia Museum of Art, supported by Delphi Foundation, Spring 2019
• MICA artist in residence at Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute (Click for details), Fall 2017/Spring 2018
• Artist in residence at RAIR Philly, supported by a Maryland Institute College of Art Brenner Grant, Spring 2017
• Pattern Studio, by Shayna Kulik; contributor, 2016
• Endowment recipient from PAOM, 2016. Collection for sale at Shrink-Ray.
• Alt Summit, presenter/workshop leader 2012, 2013, 2015
• Bust Magazine, article author, "Natural Dyeing", 2011
• Textile Arts Center solo show, the Virgin Knitters, 2011
• Identity design from The Land Of included in Basic Identity, published by Index 2010.
• Some of my design work has appeared in Made & Sold by Fl@33, 2009.
• Natural dyeing How-To video here from Etsy labs, 2008.
• profile in Coroflot's Magazine, 2007

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