Whitby Wallpaper - Washed Denim

Mini Moderns are all at sea with their latest nautical-but-nice wallpaper design.

Inspired by 1950s linocuts, ‘Whitby’ captures the majesty and beauty of the open sea.

Mini Moderns designers Keith Stephenson and Mark Hampshire explain how the design came about: “Coincidentally, we both spent all our holidays on the North Yorkshire coastline. Keith grew up 20 miles from Whitby, and Mark’s aunty ran a boarding house in near-by Filey. So when we think of the seaside, it’s not beach huts and yachts, but the vibrancy of a working fishing harbour that comes to mind. The linocut style offered the perfect way of expressing the movement of the waves and the ruggedness of the coastline we know so well.”

The print features a pair of brave fishing boats, circled by a flock of hungry seagulls. The bold wave motif creates the effect of the sea morphing into a cloudy sky, forming a dramatic horizontal stripe. The colours of weathered seaside awnings and fisherman’s overalls informed the palette.

The wallpaper comes in 10m x 52cm rolls printed with waterbased inks on paper from sustained forests.

‘Whitby’ is available in four new colourways: Washed Denim, Awning Red, Stone and Lido.