Jee Levin and Randall Buck, the multi-media artists behind the wallcovering brand, Trove, experimented with photography for their latest collection. The artists made a series of over 100 “paintings” by exposing flashlights onto photographic paper. Trove refined the creations and found twelve shared elements that became the new patterns, Nimbus and Heze.

According to Buck, "We always start with a conceptual focus. With this collection we examined where the line between painting and photography is drawn. The chemical reaction of light to dark made by the human hand leaves an indelible imprint-I was here." For Trove, the 2013 spring collection is a departure from its approach to previous lines. "This collection is a first for us as we started by selecting a series of twelve shared elements... playing, experimenting and refining them as we went along," Levin concludes.

Exposing light to photographic paper using flashlights and fiber-optic toys became the basis for the new patterns.

The Nimbus pattern draws inspiration from nimbus clouds which appear right before a storm is about to break. Its wide, gestural brush-strokes, evocative of those made from a paintbrush, seem to roll along the canvas like clouds in the sky. It is available in five colorways and measures 67 inches wide with no vertical repeat.

Heze displays graphic circles connected through blurred strokes of intense and unexpected color. With Heze, the organic elements of human gesture and light hinder the perfection represented by the mathematical impossibility of the circle. Heze features a unique over-sized scale of 12 feet high by 67 inches wide with no vertical repeat.

About the Manufacturer: Trove was founded in 2006 in New York City, by Jee Levin and Randall Buck, who are both accomplished artists and the creative force behind the brand. Randall Buck, a multi-media artist who works in time-based media, envisions pattern from an architectural perspective and engages technology in an effort to return the design work back to a finished form, which is tactile, distinct and inspired. The company employs technology that pushes beyond conventional manufacturing limits. Buck believes these innovations are essential to his evolution as a designer and the possibilities are limitless.