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Are & Be

1213 Bathurst Street, Toronto, Canada
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Are & Be - high quality, innovative wallpaper, carpet and rugs for people who want something different.  Are & Be offers unique, high quality finishes for wall and floors founded by design office Reigo & Bauer. They found their clients had an appetite for alternative surfacing materials. As their enthusiasm for interior finishes grew they started a worldwide search for fresh and innovative products. Now they’ve taken some of their most exciting discoveries and created Are & Be – for people who want something different.

The continuous research and development of the companies in our collection allows Are & Be to deliver products with colourways and patterns that are one step ahead of the market. Whether made by high-tech manufacturing processes or by time-honoured craftsmanship they share environmental responsibility and superior quality as their standard, delivering compelling finishes for any interior suitable to both residential and commercial.

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Andy Warhol x Flavor Paper

In collaboration with The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts! Granted access to much of Warhol’s work (with the exception of his wallpaper designs), Flavor Paper is honored to have utilized a wide berth of amazing imagery, ranging from rare to iconic paintings, silkscreen prints and film stills as inspiration for the collection. “With the creative exuberance and high-quality Flavor Paper is known for, Andy Warhol x Flavor Paper wallpaper will undoubtedly make any wall go Pop,” said Michael Hermann, Director of Licensing at The Andy Warhol Foundation.

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Inside Eley Kishimoto's wallpaper studio

A look inside the Brixton based studio of Eley Kishimoto, designed and screen printed by hand in-house. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeWvTcbxoWY

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Object Carpet presents FREESTILE, next generation carpet tiles. An innovative, especially flat weaving technique gives the floor covering its trim modern extremely hard surface, yet still preserves all advantages of textile floor coverings with regard to comfort and health. True innovations break conventional standards – for over 40 years, Object Carpet’s unconventional thinking has been the driving force in making carpet flooring that is ever better in quality, function, design and environmental responsibility. All commerically graded and LEED certified. © OBJECT CARPET

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"Elli Popp" based out of London UK is a magical neo-romantic collection consisting of repeats and mural patterns designed to be mixed and matched or customized. Here we have patterns from the 2016 debut "Les voyages fantastique" and "De la terre a la lune-From the earth to the moon" along with "Come closer and see-See into the trees" and "A Forest - Into the trees" in collaboration with artist Kata Lips.

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Here are a few of our favourite patterns from the 2016 Wall & Deco collection, you can view the entire collection at: http://www.wallanddeco.com/it/1-collections--Contemporary-Wallpaper

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High definition photo-real "Brooklyn Tins" wallpaper by NLXL in collaboration with MERCI Paris available in a variety of tins, colour and scale.

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#Toronto may be gray and gloomy today, but this #colorful #wallpaper for my #design #soulsister is making me forget all about the weather. #nevertoocrazy even the #scratchnsniff kind @flavorpaper

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Loving this detailed shot of "Vortex" by @flavorpaper in collab with French artist Ara Starck. Available on a number of materials / shown here on a new adhesive backed, removable (and reusable!) iridescent fabric. #wallpaper #art #design #moderndesign #flavorpaper #modernwallpaper #interiordesign

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Another wallpaper mural from Elli Popp's latest collection "Come closer and see - see into the trees" in collaboration with painter Kata Lips. Available in two colourways and optional 3D/fluorescent effects, printed to order and fully customizable. #wallpaper #design #interiordesign #customwallpaper #mural #painting #art #toronto #pattern #fluorescent #trees #ellipopp

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"From the Earth to the Moon" one of the latest editions by Elli Popp being launched at this weekends Maison & Objet show in Paris. The wallpaper is printed on a pearlescent 4panel wide mural and made up of photographs taken on the artists recent road trip, old family photos and NASA images. #wallpaper #design #nasa #earth #moon #galaxy #interiordesign #ids #maisonobjet #maisonandobjet #ellipopp

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Manufaktur - PURE SILK. The shimmering ease of the material is very special to the touch, and the fine structure of the fibres refracts the light, making the colours brilliantly luminous. Available in 25 colours #luxuryrug #silkrug #sustainabledesign #toronto #interiordesign #puresilk #silk #design © Object Carpet

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Manufaktur - PURE SILK. Every carpet is a unique hand woven product with natural irregularities in colour and structure which gives it its singular character. #design #artdirection #art #interiordesign #silk #puresilk #toronto #sustainabledesign #silkrug #luxuryrug © Object Carpet

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Manufaktur - PURE SILK. A newly introduced luxury brand created by the masterminds behind Object Carpet, now available through Are & Be. #luxury #rug #sustainabledesign #silkrug #handwoven #puresilk #silk #interiordesign #art #artdirection #design © Object Carpet

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