In partnership with Pratt Institute, twenty2 presents DEEP, a curated collection of lush 3D wallpapers. In vivid layers that engage the eye over multiple planes, these papers fray the boundary between surface and sculptural space. DEEP is the result of an ongoing graduate seminar on interactive pattern and ornament created by Yale Architect and Pratt Institute professor Sarah Strauss.

As critics and mentors in this seminar over the past four years, Kyra and Robertson Hartnett, of twenty2, have been encouraging students to push the design limits of pattern repeat and dimension. twenty2 has now collaborated with these select designers to bring the most innovative designs from this course to life. twenty2 prints this inventive collection in their Litchfield, Connecticut studio.

Sarah Strauss, an Architect and Professor at Pratt Institute in the Interior Design Department, developed the graduate seminar, Pattern and Ornament, that yielded the DEEP 3D Wallpaper collection. 3D wallpaper began in 2011 as an experimental project assigned by Strauss within the course, which focuses on pattern, surface ornament, and tiling. 3D wallpaper explores new techniques for manipulating surface at the scale of the body, the wall, and the room. Diverse interests in optics, mathematics, and tactile pleasure align in an academic pursuit of contemporary surface.

Strauss received a B.A. from Duke University in Art History, Studio Art, and Chemistry, and a Master of Architecture from Yale. Sarah lives and works in Brooklyn, NY and Rincon, Puerto Rico where she co-founded BigPrototype LLC and is the Principal of XS Architects.

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