Children’s Artwork Inspires Line of Wallpaper

By ELAINE LOUIE

Published: March 10, 2010

The Menagerie Collection, a new line of wallpaper from Bholu and Porter’s Original Paints, two Australian companies, was inspired by the artwork of underprivileged children in Ahmedabad, India, where the designer, Jodie Fried, lived for several years.

Frederick Elephant-Moo Night, a bordered pattern, is $130 a roll; Marjory Duck, an abstract pattern, and Mavis Monkey Bubalah & Mavis Monkey Ma & Pa, left, are $265 a roll. Five percent of the profits goes to preschool nutrition centers in the Gujarati city.

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Article courtesy of New York Times.