A Metallic Wallpaper Revival

Flavor Paper has made a name for itself by reviving and slightly updating long-neglected designs and printing them on chrome-based paper. The company’s newest offering, Onda, is a metallic-looking wallpaper based on a mid-century motif which, in turn, was inspired by the graphical ocean block prints of nineteenth-century Japanese painter Hiroshige. Flavor Paper’s water-based inks highlight both the paper’s chrome’s sheen and the rich combinations of colors. Onda, like the company’s new black-light wallpaper, contains a small amount of Day-Glo powder in its ink, giving the graphics an unusual punch.