INKing a new age of hand-embroidered wallpapers

A collaboration between Modesti’s Les Ateliers 2M and Asian Paints’ Jaipur atelier, the collection INK-Wandering Lines redefines homegrown craft in a contemporary language that clients can appreciate, understand—and see themselves taking home as covetable décor. Modesti and his team of designers worked with diverse inspirations—from traditional motifs, architecture, nature and abstract concepts—and reimagined them through embroidery. “We managed to recreate the soul and the depth of something as if it has been there for a long while,” says Fridtjof Linde, creative designer, Les Ateliers 2M.

This collection comprises six distinct patterns: ‘La Casa’ is inspired by the images of renowned French photographer François Halard and painter Cy Twombly’s home in Italy with its azulejos tile art. ‘Another Mumbai’ leverages modernist photography to depict the metro’s flora. ‘Wonderland’ is a colourful phantasm of floral imagery while ‘Tribal Nature’ is a highly stylised, contemporary take on nature-focused folk art. Ikat gets a new format and creates a bright visual with striking beadwork and bold colours through ‘Oasis’ and endlessly weaving lines make for fascinating geometry in ‘Fine Lines’.

As Modesti says, INK doesn’t just give hand embroidery a new canvas for creativity. It gives homeowners a décor innovation that invokes contemporary luxury through artisanal craft as old as the world.