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Luxury wallpaper from Deus ex Gardenia
“Botanical glamour” is how Deus ex Gardenia founder and designer Katya Nappolini describes her luxury made-inEngland wallpapers that fuse heritage with horticulture. Before starting Deus ex Gardenia – which means ‘God from the Garden’ – Katya honed her natural artistic flair studying fashion, textiles and print design at Central Saint Martins and London College of Fashion.
A former costume designer for the English National Ballet, Katya created luxury surface prints across interiors and fashion for the likes of Liberty, Karl Lagerfeld, Etro, Ralph Lauren, Anthropologie, DKNY and many more before founding her own business in
2022, later joined by her husband Marco to help expand her brand globally. “Our collections explore the rich and diverse landscapes of the world’s jungles, forests and country gardens,” she says. “With a sophisticated colour palette of warm, rich and elegant hues, the Deus style pairs the distinctly modern with timeless elegance, layering historical motifs with meticulously hand-illustrated, watercolour and digitally painted newer visual styles to create one-of-a-kind visual narratives.”
With a personalised service and a range of exquisite finishes, each of Katya’s meticulously crafted collections is equally inspired by the natural flora found in faraway lands as that just beyond the doorstep of her London home, as well as her treasure trove of botanical sketches.
Tropical palms, climbing jasmine and andira tree flowers surround ripe forbidden fruit in the newly launched
Little Eden wallpaper. Available in three colourways, this joyful flourish of wild plants creates an immersive experience akin to forest-bathing, evoking the tranquillity of biophilic design.
The Luxury Velvet Collection is at once brand new yet old, its sumptuously soft pile belying its origins as 100 per cent recycled polyester sourced from plastic waste – primarily plastic bottles. Exotic birds hide amid lush foliage and sinuous floral blooms, with a decadent harmonious palette of green, teal, marigold and pink. deusexgardenia.com