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September 21st, 2006
lucky number slevin: wallpaper?

Brown Flowers Wallpaper

d*s reader sent in these photos from lucky number slevin and wanted to know who designed the vintage-y wallpaper in the back. i’m totally stumped so i thought i’d open it up to you guys. can anyone solve the mystery of the wallpaper behind josh hotnett?

[ps: project runway rerun? boo!]

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23 comments
janelle said:
September 21st, 2006 - 5:26 am

is that two different colorways?
yea boo rerun. i guess their shows are this week at the tents!

KiWi said:
September 21st, 2006 - 6:13 am

What wallpaper? I’m blinded by the hottness.

design*sponge said:
September 21st, 2006 - 6:14 am

lol. i love it, kiwi.

my old nyu roommate grew up with him and had the same agent in edina. she said he’s super nice.

cute and nice. win win.

d*s ;)

Chris said:
September 21st, 2006 - 7:01 am

Booo! Why a Runway re-run?

Alexander in Dallas said:
September 21st, 2006 - 7:57 am

I’m so with you D*s. I saw the movie, and I kept telling her “man, I just can’t get over that wall paper; who DOES this?” Her response was “Yeah, I know; Lucy Liu in Red? I mean really…” I don’t understand her. I can’t wait to tell her that I’m on the cutting edge. She’ll probably hand me a band-aid.

Kristy said:
September 21st, 2006 - 8:20 am

I don’t know who designed that particular wallpaper but I have come across an ebay seller that has a huge supply of some fantastic vintage papers.This one http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=016&item=260016811130&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1 is very similar.Hope this helps.

Ellissa said:
September 21st, 2006 - 8:31 am

I had the same thought when I saw “Lucky Number Slevin.” The production designer was François Séguin, so any curious party might have luck by googling him.

rebecca said:
September 21st, 2006 - 9:01 am

Looks very like an E W Moore print see http://www.ewmoore.com/book_four.htm

Emmy said:
September 21st, 2006 - 9:52 am

I have been wondering about that wallpaper ever since I saw the film too!

Anonymous said:
September 21st, 2006 - 10:24 am

Yeah I thought the same thing when I saw the movie. I dont think i ever found those patterns but I saw the one from the hallway somewhere. Anyway, check http://www.wallpaperfromthe70s.com, http://www.flavorpaper.com, http://www.twenty2.net, and http://www.timorousbeasties.co.uk for some cool papers.

House said:
September 21st, 2006 - 1:37 pm

if you’re anywhere near LA, try Astek Wallcoverings. They have just about every single style, era, color, texture and theme you could possibly imagine in wallpaper. http://www.astekwallcovering.com

ange said:
September 21st, 2006 - 4:59 pm

Yes, boo about the Project Runway rerun.

My guess is that because they had 2 people out one week (when keith was being a bad little cheater), they had one fewer person to kick auf before fashion week– so one less week of shows. I was hoping they would remedy the problem with a 2-parter instead of a no-parter.

i didn’t even watch the rerun. They’re on all the time, anyway.

Jon Sherman said:
September 22nd, 2006 - 3:30 am

Funny, we had someone email Flavor Paper asking the same question and I haven’t had time to rent the movie to see the paper, so thanks for the post!

I wish I had known Lucy Liu was in it because I sat across from her at Bond Street in Miami a week ago and could have asked.

I’m at 100% Design in London now, so if I see anything similar I will inquire and pass along the info.

Sara Jensen said:
September 22nd, 2006 - 5:01 am

ive been looking for that zulu-ish wallpaper from the royal tenenbaums movie…any ideas?

Angie & Tyson said:
September 25th, 2006 - 10:36 am

After seeing this movie last week I had 2 thoughts:

1) Most stylish movie I’ve seen in awhile, mostly due to the incredible use of the wallpaper, I thought it really added to the quirkiness of the film.

2) Josh Hartnett is the new Brad Pitt. There, I’ve said it. 10 years ago, this totally would have been a Brad Pitt role.

Anonymous said:
September 27th, 2006 - 6:12 am

House is right – Aztek wallcoverings makes wallcovering for films and has a lot of similar patterns, but now they are available online and to the trade…
http://www.astekwallcovering.com/

Andrew Knapp said:
September 27th, 2006 - 1:41 pm

I was actually quite impressed by one that stood out to me so I tried my best to memorize the pattern to recreate it … it was the wallpaper in the hotel, i believe.

http://www.andrewknapp.com/temp/lns.jpg

beccajo said:
September 29th, 2006 - 2:02 pm

http://static.flickr.com/27/57038161_0d8560947e_m.jpg

in the DVD commentary wes anderson says it’s based on a ‘place in NYC’, and i had visited it with my cousins a few years before i saw the movie. it is indeed the same wallpaper!

http://nymag.com/listings/restaurant/gino/index.html

Kelly said:
October 1st, 2006 - 9:29 am

House & anon. are right about Astek (they did Lemony Snicket, among other movies, and will create/ custom-color almost any pattern upon request), but I talked to them and they didn’t create papers for this movie. They did suggest it might have come from SecondHand Rose and was an authentic vintage roll.

Beelama said:
January 23rd, 2007 - 10:04 am

I saw the movie some days ago… it is just like reading “Elle Decor”. I missed the story because I was just looking at the interior design. Who did it?

Kristen said:
November 3rd, 2007 - 9:17 pm

Has anyone figured out where this wallpaper is from yet? I’ve been trying to figure it out as well.

Jennifer Marko said:
February 19th, 2008 - 1:46 pm

I’m looking for the wallpaper with the giant circles in the scene where he is going to kill the “kid” anyone know where to find it?

erik said:
July 6th, 2008 - 5:45 pm

what about the scene when slevin finds his girlfriend cheating on him. i want the wallpaper in HER hallway.

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