Timorous Beasties is at the forefront of influential textile design, creating spectacular statements that are experimental, beautiful and rebellious. Timorous Beasties’ work embodies a unique diversity of pattern, ranging from design that echoes the golden age of copperplate engraving to those of a distinctly edgy nature that display chic irreverence. The studio fully engages in a discourse with textile design history by lending an aesthetic evolution to time-honoured motifs.
‘Totem Damask’ wallpaper
connection between nature, art and society.
‘Pinyin Tree’ in Velvet
‘Topical Tropical’ wallpaper
‘Tropical Cloud Leopard’ floats upon his bed of leaves.
‘Fresco Old Gold’ vinyl wallpaper
‘Golden Oriole’ wallpaper panels
Heavily illustrative designs, reminiscent of copper plating, pay homage to the natural world, iguanas, orchids, triffid-like pineapples, birds, bees and butterflies abound.
‘Zig Zag Moth’
Timorous Beasties’ iconic ‘Napoleon Bee’ design is hand-printed on fabric, wallpaper and cushions.
‘Merian Palm’ superwide wallpaper
‘Paper Damask’ Superwide Panel wallpaper
‘Butterflies’ on linen
All design work takes place at their Glasgow Studio, where they continue to hand-print many of their fabrics and wallpapers. The advent of digital printing on wallpaper, linens and velvets has revolutionised Timorous Beasties’ design offer.
‘Stormblotch’ Superwide wallpaper
Superwide ‘Thistle’ wallpaper
‘Ex Libris’ on velvet
Rorschach Superwide wallpaper
Timorous Beasties is at the forefront of influential textile design, creating spectacular statements that are experimental, beautiful and rebellious. Timorous Beasties’ work embodies a unique diversity of pattern, ranging from design that echoes the golden age of copperplate engraving to those of a distinctly edgy nature that display chic irreverence. The studio fully engages in a discourse with textile design history by lending an aesthetic evolution to time-honoured motifs.
‘Tropical Clouded Leopard’ fabric is available in wallpaper too
Founded in 1990 by Alistair McAuley and Paul Simmons, who met whilst studying at the Glasgow School of Art. Timorous Beasties’ implicit sense of irony loves to invert the whimsical world of interiors.
'Totem Damask' wallpaper
connection between nature, art and society.
‘Pinyin Tree’ in Velvet
The much loved ‘Indie Wood’ here on wallpaper
‘Tropical Cloud Leopard’ floats upon his bed of leaves.
The ‘Graffiti’ design comes in several iterations on fabric and wallpaper
Heavily illustrative designs, reminiscent of copper plating, pay homage to the natural world, iguanas, orchids, ‘triffid’-like pineapples, birds, bees and butterflies abound.
All design work takes place at their Glasgow Studio, where they continue to hand-print many of their fabrics and wallpapers. The advent of digital printing on wallpaper, linens and velvets has revolutionised Timorous Beasties’ design offer.
Winchester wallpaper comes in eleven different panel designs that can be selected and arranged as preferred. Visit timorousbeasties.com to see all their unparalleled designs.