Films
Imagined rooms, real art. Each film comes with a guide that explains the numbers.
The Decoration of Houses
Edith Wharton’s two ways to decorate a room, 1897 – and why we hang art the second way. Episode 1 of The rules of hanging art.
Photographs: Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University. On the wall: Hiroshige. Music: Pixabay.
read the rulesStop with the empty wall
Six colourful rooms, one plea. Imagined rooms, real art.
On the wall: Kandinsky, Improvisation 30 · Hilma af Klint, The Ten Largest No. 3, 4 and 7 · Hiroshige, Sudden Shower and Fireworks at Ryōgoku. Music: “Werq”, Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), CC BY 4.0.
read the guideImagined rooms, real art
Dream rooms in the spirit of Van Gogh, Klimt and Monet, each with one real print on the wall.
On the wall: Hiroshige, Sudden Shower over Shin-Ōhashi Bridge and Atake, 1857 · Hilma af Klint, The Ten Largest No. 3, Youth, 1907 · Hiroshige, Fireworks at Ryōgoku, 1858. Music: “Dreamer”, Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), CC BY 4.0.
read the guideDoes this make your print pop?
Same print, same room. Only the wall colour changes.
On the wall: Hiroshige, Sudden Shower over Shin-Ōhashi Bridge and Atake, 1857. Music: “Jazz Brunch”, Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), CC BY 4.0.
read the guidePick a feeling
Wall, sofa and print: four combinations, four moods.
On the wall: Hiroshige · Hilma af Klint · Kandinsky. Music: “Backbay Lounge”, Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), CC BY 4.0.
read the guideThird floor, no lift
One print, two thirds of the sideboard, one lamp. An evening in a city flat.
On the wall: Hiroshige, Fireworks at Ryōgoku, 1858. Music: “Too Cool”, Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), CC BY 4.0.
read the guideTwo thirds of the sofa
Three Hiroshige prints over a sofa, sized to two thirds of its width and hung at 145 cm.
On the wall: Hiroshige, One Hundred Famous Views of Edo. Music: “Jazz Cafe Music”, prettyjohn1 (Pixabay).
read the guideThree prints over the table
Kandinsky, Hiroshige and af Klint in a row over a long oak table.
On the wall: Kandinsky, Improvisation 30 · Hiroshige · Hilma af Klint. Music: “Jazz Cafe Music”, prettyjohn1 (Pixabay).
read the guideSometimes one print is enough
An ochre armchair, a cool blue wall and one Hilma af Klint.
On the wall: Hilma af Klint, The Ten Largest No. 7, Adulthood, 1907. Music: “Jazz Cafe Music”, prettyjohn1 (Pixabay).
read the guideAbove the bed
Two prints over a bed: two thirds of its width, 20 cm (8 in) above the headboard.
On the wall: Hilma af Klint, The Ten Largest No. 3 and No. 4, Youth, 1907. Music: “Jazz Cafe Music”, prettyjohn1 (Pixabay).
read the guideThe rooms in these films are imagined, made with AI. The art in them is real: public-domain works we print, framed and sized to the wall. New films every week on Instagram and TikTok.