Andrew Martin

Inspired by American folk art, this motif will whisk you away to stories of old unleashing childlike enthusiasm for fairy tales. Walk through an imaginative land, from dark rolling hills carpeted with wild flowers to a tree growing giant orange pears and a whole dance of mythical creatures along the way.

Travellers Tales and Pear Tree from the Kit Kemp Collection take their toile de juoy motif from the giant mural-style wallpaper Mythical Land. Yet with added pinks and oranges at almost neon tones, the stereotypically traditional design and age-old mythical scenes are retold for the contemporary world. Kit suggests using Pear Tree wallpaper up a staircase, as if these colourful trees will lead you up to the fresh and abundant world pictured, complete with leaping leopards and giant sliming snails.