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Hyphyn–the biodegradable vinyl

Jenny — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 08:46:17 +0000

Design to disappear, Hyphyn by Nassimi is regarded as the first truly biodegradable performance vinyl — uncompromising in strength, refined in aesthetic, progressive in composition. This vinyl will only degrade in landfill when it meets anaerobic bactera (these are bacteria that do not need oxygen and thrive deep in the ground).

Years of research and development have culminated in a significant innovation: a durable, luxurious vinyl engineered to biodegrade by over 90% within two years in landfill conditions, or to incinerate at low temperatures with 99.5% less dioxin than conventional vinyls.

Hyphen is a game changer

Scientifically proven to biodegrade over 90% within 24 months in landfill conditions, Hyphyn sets a new benchmark for environmental stewardship. It offers a responsible solution to today’s environmental challenges—without compromising on performance, durability, or design.

Contract-grade durability. Thoughtfully priced. Beautifully resolved designs and colours — and new designs in the pipeline. Hyphyn offers the sustainable answer the industry has been waiting for.

High performance and sustainability

After a long and successful life, enzymes embedded in Hyphyn will meet anaerobic bacteria (ones which live without oxygen) and slowly break-down

Safe For Incineration

Hyphen will burn at a much lower temperature and thus emits little toxins into the atmosphere–99.5% less dioxin than regular vinyls.

Forget microplastics and toxins, Hyphyn biodegrades. Instead it remarkably converts into inert gases that are reclaimed and can be transformed into energy. We are left with uncontaminated soil.

Design to disappear, Hyphyn by Nassimi is regarded as the first truly biodegradable performance vinyl — uncompromising in strength, refined in aesthetic, progressive in composition. This vinyl will only degrade in landfill when it meets anaerobic bactera (these are bacteria that do not need oxygen and thrive deep in the ground).

Years of research and development have culminated in a significant innovation: a durable, luxurious vinyl engineered to biodegrade by over 90% within two years in landfill conditions, or to incinerate at low temperatures with 99.5% less dioxin than conventional vinyls.

Hyphen is a game changer

Contract-grade durability. Thoughtfully priced. Beautifully resolved designs and colours — and new designs in the pipeline. Hyphyn offers the sustainable answer the industry has been waiting for.

High performance and sustainability

After a long and successful life, enzymes embedded in Hyphyn will meet anaerobic bacteria (ones which live without oxygen) and slowly break-down

Safe For Incineration

Hyphen will burn at a much lower temperature and thus emits little toxins into the atmosphere–99.5% less dioxin than regular vinyls.

Forget microplastics and toxins, Hyphyn biodegrades. Instead it remarkably converts into inert gases that are reclaimed and can be transformed into energy. We are left with uncontaminated soil.

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Glamora

Richard — Wed, 08 Feb 2023 09:21:56 +0000

Glamora design exquisite bespoke wallpapers. Beautifully printed, they understand what it takes to make a wall beautiful and their research team are knowledgeable and experimental. From Northern Italy, using leading edge bases, their aesthetic sensibility is unparalleled.

Glamora effortlessly blend stunning Italian style with practical functionality, and because this is bespoke wallpaper there is no wastage whether you decorate a feature wall or several walls.

Glamora has curated their bespoke wallpapers into two distinct categories, the ‘creative collection’ and ‘special editions’. The creative collection can be printed on the versatile GlamDecor vinyl base or their charming cellulose paper base, Glamtrace. Every year they present an impressive range of new designs.

The Special editions are thematic collections, expertly printed on innovative bases tailored to specific uses. GlamPure is printed on an organic fibre base to create a serene and tranquil atmosphere. The luxurious metalised base of GlamSatin imbues designs with an unparalleled sense of elegance and grandeur. And with GlamFusion, the completely waterproof wall-covering, Glamora has truly surpassed all expectations, enabling designers to create impeccable wet-area installations.

Libecco draws inspiration from traditional batik patterns capturing the essence of Southeast Asian style. These vibrant & exotic bespoke wallpapers will infuse any space with energy and warmth, making it the perfect addition to spaces throughout the region.

Flutti is contemporary yet from an ancient time. It looks spectacular on these expansive walls, however for smaller spaces select the portion of the design that you like best. Glamora’s bespoke wallpapers are fitted to your exact wall size, there is no waste and they’ll send you a schematic presenting how your custom wall murals will look.

View wall murals at a distance, Sensation, above, looks 3-D but a close-up examination shows it is created graphically using intricate shadowing.

Glamora’s creative collections, Book XIII, features many exceptional designs, for example “Alseidi” on the left and “Bird List Song” on the right. These designs exemplify Glamora’s commitment to creating sophisticated and luxurious wall coverings that bring charm and gravitas to any space.

Tropicalia is a retro leafy design

Add some colour with Mosaico

Sipario is a strong geometric

Your installer probably won’t love you, but try Glamora on the ceiling. One can print the creative collection on glamdecor (vinyl), which is potentially best on the ceiling, or glamtrace (a cellulose paper base).

Overseas is from Glamora’s creative collection, Chapter XI. An exuberant botanical, layers of design, shapes, colours, textures and stripes make for real design depth and Overseas can brilliantly hide an uneven wall surface. Like many from the creative collection there are two colours-ways, one is bright above and below right is more a more subtle colour.

A close-up of Overseas details the intricacy of the design.

Overseas' second, more subtle colour variant

Glamora’s creative collection designs are each presented in two colour-ways allowing you to choose to suit your personal style and aesthetic preferences. Feast your eyes on Cascade, a stunning design that captures a painterly bird’s-eye view of water lilies, in both a bright and flamboyant hue above, and a subtle and luxurious antique gold coin-inspired colour on the right.

Behold the wondrous GlamFusion, a revolutionary completely waterproof wall-covering that is a true game-changer for designers. This innovative material has and exquisite silk touch that melds seamlessly with a Glamora’s creative aesthetic. Imagine the luxurious feeling of this heavenly wall-covering on bathroom walls, shower cubicles, kitchen backsplashes, spas, Turkish baths, and gyms. Not only perfect for residential and commercial settings, but also ideal for the hospitality and healthcare industries, GlamFusion is the ultimate choice for creating spaces that inspire and rejuvenate.

GlamFusion makes renovation work a breeze. Gone are the days of endless demolition work, noisy disturbances, and waste disposal. With GlamFusion, the need for such chaos is reduced, if not eliminated entirely. You can finally renovate with ease, allowing businesses such as wellness centres and hotels to make changes without the fuss and the noise.

Cleaning is a breeze, one can use diluted alcohol, ammonia, anti-limescale, degreasers and bleach to clean as the surface is completely non-porous. Glamfusion designs come with their own glue and silicone sealant. There are four collections, above is Kamini from the Hydra collection.

Komorebi is printed upon Glampure, an organic base which is softer, more delicate and very sophisticated. Tones are harmonious and muted, designs are elegant inspired by a Japanese aesthetic, nature and a desire for harmony. Komorebi invites mindful wellbeing into your space.

Calm and gorgeous at the end of this walk-in wardrobe, and tidily installed on the doors too.

The Divina Collection is printed on silky GlamSatin & was created in response to a desire for timeless beauty. These bespoke wall murals are loosely inspired by the Art Déco period, they evoke the glorious, sophisticated atmosphere of Francis Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, and the many iconic women of that time.

Golden swallows on the ceiling sweep your way into this art deco rejuvenation by designer Alessandro Pagani. A few miles outside of Milan this restaurant brings Italian gastronomy to the small town of Olgiate Olona.

Glamora’s website is probably one of the more inspirational websites, so many ideas in the most beautiful interiors. It has even won awards for it’s design Visit Glamora.it

Glamora design exquisite bespoke wallpapers. Beautifully printed, they understand what it takes to make a wall beautiful and their research team are knowledgeable and experimental. From Northern Italy, using leading edge bases, their aesthetic sensibility is unparalleled.

Glamora effortlessly blend stunning Italian style with practical functionality, and because this is bespoke wallpaper there is no wastage whether you decorate a feature wall or several walls.

The Special editions are thematic collections tailored to specific uses. GlamPure is printed on an organic fibre base to create a serene and tranquil atmosphere. The luxurious metalised base of GlamSatin imbues designs with an unparalleled sense of elegance and grandeur. And with GlamFusion, the completely waterproof wall-covering, Glamora has truly surpassed all expectations, enabling designers to create impeccable wet-area installations.

Libecco draws inspiration from traditional batik patterns capturing the essence of Southeast Asian style. This vibrant & exotic wall mural will infuse any space with energy and warmth, making it the perfect addition to spaces throughout the region.

Flutti is contemporary yet from an ancient time. It looks spectacular on these expansive walls, however for smaller spaces select the portion of the design that you like best. Glamora bespoke fit the parts of the design you like to your exact wall size, there is no waste and they’ll send you a schematic presenting how will look.

Wall papers are viewed at a distance, Sensation, above, looks 3-D but a close-up examination shows it is created graphically using intricate shadowing.

We feel that this design fits perfectly in a South-East Asian environ, these softly lit palm trees are just perfect.

Glamora’s website is probably one of the more inspirational websites, so many ideas in the most beautiful interiors. It has even won awards for it’s design Visit Glamora.it

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The subtle art of wallcovering

Jenny — Tue, 20 Sep 2022 09:38:23 +0000

As we cover more walls with wallpaper there seems to be a choice, do we choose an understated design or should we make a bold statement? There are arguments for both but here we focus upon the more low-key option: woven textural coverings and gentler designs in softer tones.

Many choose this direction as they feel that they will not tire so quickly and that art and other design elements will be easier to arrange. Again this is debatable but since we have some wonderful wall-coverings that suit the more delicate eye we thought it was timely to profile some.

Texture

How much do we need? Too little and you might as well paint but with too much it can get loud and belong with the ‘bold-statement-crowd’. Many woven papers have a strong horizontal line, this means that there will be an obvious join between panels. One solution is to use beading as in the images below, or you can embrace it, the beauty being where the panels join. This is especially true with a fine weave, without the seams the wall could look a little unremarkable. With the woven wall-coverings below from ROA Handwoven and Casamance we look carefully at texture.

ROA Handwoven

Harking from Indonesia these sustainable papers are made from natural fibres such as abaca, rattan and rice paper. Crafted in South East Asia ROA’s designs resonate beautifully in the region, it is as if this is where they belong. Left and above, by Studio Daminato, tiny knots in the rattan add a little excitement when you are close up, and they make this paper perfect at a distance.

A little shine can add the spice,  Wai, above looks like mosaic tiles.

Here a rice paper, called Skalen, has a fine string running vertically.

Casamance Wall-Coverings

Designed in France Casamance have a large and diverse selection of elegant and very contemporary designs. All are high performance and fire retardant. They cleverly weave and use indulgent mixes of different fibres to create fascinating textures.

Add in some character with Amboise. This is a jacquard weave which includes rattan plus a tad of pretty lurex fibres that make this sophisticated covering truly lovely.

Halana, above, has a graphic pattern that works brilliantly on the wall, but really only the tone-on-tone cream fits our brief being a subtle paper, It gently flows across the room, you can easily place your art upon it and put it on multiple walls. The browner colours are so funky together that we had to add it in but perhaps it has more of an opinion?

Mural Wall-Coverings

We have mural designs by Glamora, Emma Hayes, Timorous Beasties and Materialised. Murals can be powerful and so useful in many spaces from homes, hotels, workspaces and restaurants.

The above is from Glamora’s Komorebi collection. Inspired by a Japanese aesthetic there are themes of harmony, balance and well-being, Designed to create a calm ambiance Komorebi is printed upon GlamPure, an organic base paper. All designs evoke the Washi technique of Japanese paper making, and there are sixteen designs, either abstract or representations of plants and nature.

The Divina Collection was launched at the Milan Salone this year. It has a warm neutral palette with gold, brass and platinum highlights. Divina is opulent and reminiscent of the Art Deco era. Created by the research team at Glamora designs are printed on the luxurious GlamSatin base. The result is a shimmering silk like finish made from mix of viscose fabric and mineral powders.

The Creative Collection is where you will find the majority of Glamora’s designs, with new designs every year there are now twelve chapters offering a myriad of designs. You can see them all on-line at Glamora’s excellent and most inspirational website. Print on either high quality vinyl or on a fine cellulose based non woven paper.

Emma Hayes

From the ethereal queen of calm Emma Hayes come two new wallpaper designs. Veil directly below comes in rose and blue, like layers transparent fabric shifting in the breeze it is delicate with overlapping geometric shapes. We feel it is just lovely and will bring a lot of joy.

As we cover more walls with wallpaper there seems to be a choice, do we choose an understated design or should we make a bold statement? There are arguments for both but here we focus upon the more low-key option: woven textural coverings and gentler designs in softer tones.

Many choose this direction as they feel that they will not tire so quickly and that art and other design elements will be easier to arrange. Again this is debatable but since we have some wonderful wall-coverings that suit the more delicate eye we thought it was timely to profile some.

Texture

ROA Handwoven

A little shine can add the spice, Wai, above looks like mosaic tiles, and Skalen directly above lifts the design using a thin string.

Casamance Wall-Coverings

Add in some character with Amboise. This is a jacquard weave which includes rattan plus a tad of pretty lurex fibres that make this sophisticated covering truly lovely.

Mural Wall-Coverings

We have mural designs by Glamora, Emma Hayes, Timorous Beasties and Materialised. Murals can be powerful and so useful in many spaces from homes, hotels, workspaces and restaurants.

Emma Hayes

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