metroZine #2 Die Tapete als Parergon – und Methode

When paper wallpaper began to be manufactured and sold in rolls in the mid-18th century, this amounted to a graphic liberation and a reformatting of private interior layouts: The pattern became intertwined with the space and opened up to a wide variety of interconnections. The issue designed by Christian Hanussek—Wallpaper as Method—explores the question of how wallpaper is suited as a medium for shaping space and as a narrative format for spatial research.