Cole And Son

Derived from an ice bucket design entitled ‘Oggetti Cocktail’ created by Piero Fornasetti in the 1950s, Cocktails showcases the maestro’s fascination with repeated studies of the same subject in order to create multiple variations upon the same theme.

Its stylized mid-century graphic bottles and glassware were created in a vibrant Multi colour palette, true to the original sketches, which is complemented by a softer Pastel palette and the monochromatic Soot and Snow

An organically formed damask, Afrika Damask’s hand-painted motifs were directly inspired by an Ardmore ceramic piece. This new take on a semi-plain is an elevated wallcovering option which can be paired with other Baobab designs. South Africa is at the heart of each colour palette with the earthy Sandstone & Ruby and Safari & Blush, whilst Tangerine & Marigold and Onyx & Citrine create walls that wow.

Painted in the distinctive, intricately patterned style of Ardmore ceramics, Acacia Canopy’s dense leaf coverage invites the eye to wander within. A closer look reveals resplendent butterflies fluttering proudly from leaf to leaf. Resilient and strong, the acacia stands throughout the seasons in leafy tones of Safari, arid Pebble, and dusk Plums.

A parade of King Cheetahs with their distinctive three-striped back stalk through the feather-like grasses of the alluring Cheetah Prowl. Famed as one of the rarest animals in the world, the elusive King Cheetah is both mythical and beguiling.

Palettes of Grass, Bronze, and Slate are akin to the South African landscape across the seasons, with a hot Cerise adding truly vibrant colour and pattern.

Injisuthi’s immersive scene of playful cats and water-filled pools takes its inspiration from the waterfalls found within the Drakensberg mountains, a wild and beautiful UNESCO World Heritage Site close to Ardmore’s studios.

This lush display contains numerous animals, including big cats, flamingos, and fish, with more unfolding the further you look. Injisuthi’s three colour palettes are representative of this changing botanical landscape with the verdant Jade showing the scene in full abundance; Viridian turning the scene from day to dusk; and Stone & Sand showing that even when the seasons become arid and plant-life becomes parched, life continues and rejuvenation is waiting just around the corner.

The whimsical and slightly surreal Protea Panthera is an ode to the beauty of Ardmore’s ceramics. Proudly centring around South Africa’s national flower, the protea, big cats dance along its central vine and a pair of striking green eyes look out from one prominent bloom. Surrounded by intricately embellished flowers, leaves and bugs, Protea Panthera’s grand scale captures the wild beauty of South Africa.

Precious palettes of Stone, Onyx, and Rose Quartz enhance this conversational design with Clementine’s zesty ground colour creating an eye-catching, modern space.

A companion design to Tree of Life, Baobab Botanica takes the scene’s buoyant flora and fauna and creates a beautifully interconnected network of nature’s garden. Adding to the natural palettes of Stone and Sky Blue, this effervescent design has also been coloured in a candy Blush pink, classic Duck Egg, earthy Safari, and midnight Onyx.

Royal Giraffe is a captivating design of maternal love. Capturing a fleeting moment of two regal giraffes, a child turns towards her mother’s embrace as they stand amongst the highly decorative acacia leaves and bean pods around them. A serenity exists within the elegance of these majestic, towering creatures.

Each giraffe is embellished with incredible hand-painted details, each proudly displaying their markings. A monochromatic colourway of Pebble provides a gentle softness to the design, whilst Stone & Mulberry and Safari offer quintessential Cole & Son exceptional colour. This design is also available in a truly Royal Gilded palette that gives the scene a golden hour glow, with a subtly textured base allowing for the light to enhance each detail.

Royal Giraffe is a captivating design of maternal love. Capturing a fleeting moment of two regal giraffes, a child turns towards her mother’s embrace as they stand amongst the highly decorative acacia leaves and bean pods around them. A serenity exists within the elegance of these majestic, towering creatures.

Each giraffe is embellished with incredible hand-painted details, each proudly displaying their markings. A truly Royal Gilded palette gives the scene a golden hour glow, with a subtly textured base allowing for the light to enhance each detail. Royal Giraffe is also available in a monochromatic colourway of Pebble which provides a gentle softness to the design, whilst Stone & Mulberry and Safari offer quintessential Cole & Son exceptional colour.

The Tree of Life has been an endless source of inspiration for both ateliers, with all the collection’s designs borne of the Baobab. This fantastical panel celebrates the fruits, flowers, and vibrant ecosystem of South Africa, embodying a rich narrative of nature throughout the seasons.

Artists from both design houses hand-painted the ornamented fauna within this expansive tableau; the distinctive Cole & Son hand blending seamlessly alongside Ardmore’s characteristic style.

The sunrise-bleached skies of Stone and a high-noon Sky Blue provide two exceptional interior options, whilst Tree of Life’s Platinum colour palette adds a brilliance to the collection. Printed on a luxurious, fibrous base, it has a hand-crafted feel of burnished precious metal.

The Tree of Life has been an endless source of inspiration for both ateliers, with all the collection’s designs borne of the Baobab. This fantastical panel celebrates the fruits, flowers, and vibrant ecosystem of South Africa, embodying a rich narrative of nature throughout the seasons.

Artists from both design houses hand-painted the ornamented fauna within this expansive tableau; the distinctive Cole & Son hand blending seamlessly alongside Ardmore’s characteristic style.

Adding a brilliance to the collection is Tree of Life’s Platinum colour palette. Printed on a luxurious, fibrous base, it has a hand-crafted feel of burnished precious metal. This captivating design is also available in two further palettes with the sunrise-bleached skies of Stone and a high-noon Sky Blue.

The Kyoto Bonsai Garden has been the key inspiration for this chinoiserie design. The curation of Bonsai Garden showcases a selection of prominent bonsai trees each hand-picked tree carries a story of their own that mirrors the craft of bonsai masters. Welcome the art of bonsai to your home with the cultivated ornamental tree that symbolise peace, balance, harmony, and luck. The balanced colour palette within the chinoiserie design invites you to explore the dramatic skyline of Kyoto. Slowly walk from tree to tree and discover bonsais with a heritage of 350 years.  

The design composition of Bonsai Garden allows for each tree to have its own area to shine for centuries..

From the design Bonsai Garden, the fruit tree Kaki Persimmon was selected to become a stand-alone design because of the beautiful story behind the delicate tree that bears the ornate persimmon fruit, also known as 'the fruit of the gods'.

Enjoy the soft colour palette painted in Japanese watercolour. Each colour variation takes you through the magical colours of Japan throughout the seasons. This miniature tree creates an elegant and distinctive repeat that adds magical quirk to any space..

Meditation Stone was derived from one of the most prominent rock gardens in Kyoto. The construction of the garden is still unknown, there are several speculations of the architect behind the magical rock garden.

What inspired the Cole & Son artists to create Meditation Stone was the flow and movements to create a harmonised space. This rock formation design will float around your room, creating a textured feeling on your walls, this is a perfect wallpaper to pair with Kaki Persimmon or Bonsai Garden, as well as a stand-alone design. 

Inspired by the visionary fashion designer, Rei Kawakubo*, the hand-painted Cole & Son design is an interpretation of the designer's work, a perfect mix of traditions old and new. The interior and fashion world collide bringing avant-garde movement and colour to your space. 

If you look closely within the abstract design, you will see the movement of the beautiful human body, but everytime you look at the design it is up to the viewer to discover new shapes and forms.

*Rei Kawakubo, founder of Comme des Gar'ons -  The creative direction and vision of this design is an admiration to honour the designers work, this is not a collaboration.

Using Japanese techniques and charcoal, the Cole & Son artists created croquis for the Japanese Woods design. It is a modern interpretation of a traditional craft, known as Daisugi a Japanese sustainable mission to preserve a whole forest in one tree. Within each pruned tree you have a whole forest.

The striking Japanese Woods gives a contemporary feel to any room, providing the illusion of an eternal forest. This graphic and monochromatic repeat provides depth and perspective to the interior space.

Inspired by vintage embroidered Kimonos and traditional Japanese chinoiseries dating back to the 17th Century, Scenic Flora was created. The design is built on a theatrical structure, allowing you to enjoy the design from different perspectives. Scenic Flora presents a myriad of interpretations. Adorn your walls with the romantic and luxurious Scenic Flora, an elegant landscape of Japanese wildflowers.  Behind the breathtaking wildflowers is a romantic story of a tender love. Kiku and Sakura, named after the flowers of Japan. Kiku would pass an enamouring field of wildflowers every day while walking home from his mastery, gifting his beloved Sakura a daily flower. The blossoming field of wildflowers on the chinoiserie showcases the careful selection that Kiku made to honour Sakura. Scenic Flora remains a jewel of the room to symbolise an eternal & delicate love story. 

Immerse yourself in the floral blooms of Flora Province and welcome harmony and feminine flora into your home. An all-over floral pattern on two colourways of Taupe and Neutral, Flora Province is an extension of the Scenic Flora design, elevating the gorgeous flowers to create a majestic field.

The Ryoanji Temple cultivated the inspiration behind Lily Lotus. The beautiful water and ponds in the gardens of Kyoto are filled with these elevated flowers, setting the scene of the water landscape. The Cole & Son artists have painted an interpretation of the Water Lilies, identifiable with a floral choreography. Water Lilies are said to bring peace and enlightenment the design Lily Lotus will uplift your space as the florals intertwine and dance across the walls. 

Connected to Pavilion and Mountainscape, Tile Toile depicts key scenes that were inspired by the beautiful landscapes of Silver Pavilion in Kyoto. The tile like structure of the design mirrors traditional Japanese wall art and flirts with a Toile de Jouy. Each tile depicts a still life scene, however when viewed as one, it tells a harmonious story of the historical gardens.

Indulge in the maximalist Cole & Son style with the dramatic landscapes of Kyoto to Tokyo that include water, mountains, and gardens with the scenic Mountainscape. The artistic tone honours Tani Bunch's style with a modern interpretation.

The delicately hand-painted design allows you to escape into the detail of the stillness of the mountains and the flow of the water source, making your mind wonder across each peak and valley. Find your inspiration and Zen within the Mountainscape scene.

Take a step into the vibrant and warm garden that has a full ecosystem within where you will find new details with every glance. The Pavilion palette is autumnal, telling a story with the vast colours of Japan. 

Uncover the hidden designs seen throughout the Shinrin YOKU collection within Pavilion such as the whimsical Water Lilies of Lily Lotus, the ornamental Kaki Persimmon tree, and the hidden Buddha statue that features in Tile Toile.

A breathtaking chinoiserie that is a culmination of several sceneries resonating from the most beautiful gardens of Japan. Let the calligraphy strokes guide you through the landscape. Immerse yourself through hills, trees, flowers, and the flowing water that cascades throughout the panel. Experience the charming blossoms of the iconic Sakura tree that poetically and aesthetically bloom in the natural landscape. Japanese Chinoiserie is available in six colourways on traditional bases, as well as one colourway offered on a Natural Grasscloth. The use of natural materials in Japanese culture links back to ancient times, exemplifying the incredible craftsmanship with a stitch by stitch methodology. Japanese Chinoiserie is painted in a traditional style, yet it gives a modern and timeless feel. .

Using Japanese techniques and charcoal, the Cole & Son artists created croquis for the Japanese Woods design. It is a modern interpretation of a traditional craft, known as Daisugi – a Japanese sustainable mission to preserve a whole forest in one tree. Within each pruned tree you have a whole forest. The striking Japanese Woods gives a contemporary feel to any room, providing the illusion of an eternal forest. This graphic and monochromatic repeat provides depth and perspective to the interior space.

Inspired by vintage embroidered Kimonos and traditional Japanese chinoiseries dating back to the 17th Century, Scenic Flora was created. The design is built on a theatrical structure, allowing you to enjoy the design from different perspectives. Scenic Flora presents a myriad of interpretations. Adorn your walls with the romantic and luxurious Scenic Flora, an elegant landscape of Japanese wildflowers.  Behind the breathtaking wildflowers is a romantic story of a tender love. Kiku and Sakura, named after the flowers of Japan. Kiku would pass an enamouring field of wildflowers every day while walking home from his mastery, gifting his beloved Sakura a daily flower. The blossoming field of wildflowers on the chinoiserie showcases the careful selection that Kiku made to honour Sakura. Scenic Flora remains a jewel of the room to symbolise an eternal & delicate love story. 

Connected to Pavilion and Mountainscape, Tile Toile depicts key scenes that were inspired by the beautiful landscapes of Silver Pavilion in Kyoto. The tile like structure of the design mirrors traditional Japanese wall art and flirts with a Toile de Jouy. Each tile depicts a still life scene, however when viewed as one, it tells a harmonious story of the historical gardens.

Three luxury plain textured options have been added to the collection, to complement the Scenic Flora and Japanese Woods and Chinoiserie designs, and can aslo be used standalone.

The Fall/Winter 2024 collection by Cole & Son Design House, portraits Shinrin Yoku known as ‘Forest Bathing,’ a Japanese practice of connecting with nature. Come on a journey from Kyoto to Tokyo and discover the beautiful gardens of Japan, traditions old and new, arts and crafts and modern fashion. Shinrin Yoku invites balance, bliss and beauty to your home and a new movement to the world of interior design – alongside the well-known concept Ikigai. A real symbol of creative energy bringing harmonious elements together, and designs that inspire you to ‘Forest bathe’ in your home.

Three luxury plain textured options have been added to the collection, to complement the Scenic Flora and Japanese Woods and Chinoiserie designs, and can aslo be used standalone.

The Fall/Winter 2024 collection by Cole & Son Design House, portraits Shinrin Yoku known as ‘Forest Bathing,’ a Japanese practice of connecting with nature. Come on a journey from Kyoto to Tokyo and discover the beautiful gardens of Japan, traditions old and new, arts and crafts and modern fashion. Shinrin Yoku invites balance, bliss and beauty to your home and a new movement to the world of interior design – alongside the well-known concept Ikigai. A real symbol of creative energy bringing harmonious elements together, and designs that inspire you to ‘Forest bathe’ in your home.

Inspired by vintage embroidered Kimonos and traditional Japanese chinoiseries dating back to the 17th Century, Scenic Flora was created. The design is built on a theatrical structure, allowing you to enjoy the design from different perspectives. Scenic Flora presents a myriad of interpretations. Adorn your walls with the romantic and luxurious Scenic Flora, an elegant landscape of Japanese wildflowers. 

Behind the breathtaking wildflowers is a romantic story of a tender love. Kiku and Sakura, named after the flowers of Japan.

Kiku would pass an enamouring field of wildflowers every day while walking home from his mastery, gifting his beloved Sakura a daily flower. The blossoming field of wildflowers on the chinoiserie showcases the careful selection that Kiku made to honour Sakura. Scenic Flora remains a jewel of the room to symbolise an eternal & delicate love story. 

Created as a complement to Hummingbirds Flora, Flora depicts the bursting bouquets of honeysuckle to which the birds flock. Completely hand-drawn and hand-painted, this delicate floral trail is bursting with nectar waiting to be discovered.

A study of hummingbirds in flight, Hummingbirds Flora depicts these diminutive birds as they flit from flower to flower collecting nectar. Perched upon branches they are surrounded by lush honeysuckle flora and butterflies, adding a whimsy to this panel scene.

Sold as a 2.1m panel, this captivating design can be used in isolation for a cascading feature or repeated for an immersive botanical interior.

Total Mural - 210cm Wide and 4 metres High. 

A flight beyond the limits of the imagination lead Fornasetti to an enchanted, hypnotic Jerusalem.

Multiple points of view overlap, with different architectural styles chasing each other in a continuous pattern.

Vista Mediterranea is sold per panel set; each roll contains one panel set (2 drops of 70cm). When unrolling the wide-width paper there will be a clear indication of where each drop should be cut to create the two drops of the design.

• Panel Dimensions: 140 cm x 3.5 m
• Width x Length (one full roll): 70 cm x 7 m

The inspiration of this print is ‘Sole di Capri’ a design created by Piero Fornasetti in the 50s. Piero Fornasetti long had a passion for Capri and created this iconic design from his imagination, before ever having visited the legendary island. Piero eventually took the family there on holiday and, during the 1960s, also opened a temporary Fornasetti boutique on the island.

The original print is a combination of personified suns and stylized architecture, both typical of Fornasetti. The idea of pairing personified suns and clouds appears for the first time in a sketch for a headscarf that Piero drew in 1950. It is now a whimsical all-over print, bringing a unique quirk to an interior.

Every single image is a source of inspiration, a starting point that may lead to infinite variations. This is the very principle on which most of Piero Fornasetti’s work relies. Fruit has prominently sat amongst his themes and designs since the 1940s and are present on many atelier items.

Fornasetti used shells to cover the walls of his Lake Como villa dining room, as a mid-century interpretation of a sixteenth-century grotto. The room also featured a delicate shell ceiling lamp made by Giulia, Piero’s wife.

Piero Fornasetti was the consummate collector with a plethora of cameos certainly forming part of his vast collection of curiosities. The Cammei theme is dear to Fornasetti and is an homage to Classicism.

Piero Fornasetti first used this motif in 1954 for the decoration of his ‘Geometrico’ screen. Variations on the chessboard theme and perceptual illusions play with the contrast between black and white.

A foray into abstract, minimal, contemporary art, without sacrificing the eccentric Fornasetti spirit.

Monkeys appear throughout the Milanese Atelier’s work and, for the first time, are available emerging from the dense foliage of Chiavi Segrete. The playful composition of flora and fauna is quintessential Fornasetti, with the delicate organic study juxtaposed by the hiding primates.