Purpose with every pattern
At the heart of Papier is a commitment to craft that honours both tradition and innovation.
We study time-honoured techniques—engraving, block printing, hand-drawing—and reinterpret them through a contemporary lens, resulting in wallpapers that feel both timeless and new.
A House Built on Craft & Creativity
Papier is a design house built around wallpaper, bringing together original design, craftsmanship and collaboration.
We work with artists and designers to create collections with a distinct point of view, produced with care and made to last.
The Hands Behind the Work
Our wallpapers are brought to life by artists who have spent years refining their trades.
We work with partners who value precision and quality as much as we do—people who see wallpaper as an art form, not an accessory. Their craftsmanship brings our designs to life with a richness and clarity that can only come from expert hands.
Ronelle Pienaar Jenkin
Ronelle Pienaar Jenkin is a visual artist and a freelance graphic designer who has been active in the industry since her 2007 graduation from Vega Brand Communications School. Jenkin worked at Lemon for many years before going freelance, and still regularly collaborates with the brand in an artistic and design capacity.
South African born, she currently resides in New Zealand where she continues to apply her exceptionally discerning eye to her various projects.
The narratives in Jenkin’s work centre on psychology – our thoughts, behaviour, ways of being in the world and the congruence between these things. Themes such as ridicule, humour, pride, sanctimony, obscenity and irreverence all feature strongly in her work and this interest is explored mainly through portrait and still life. Her preferred media and modes of expression include inks, watercolours and oils.
Nicole Levenberg
Nicole Levenberg is a South African textile designer and artist, educated at Central St Martins in London and now based in Johannesburg, where she creates her meticulously hand drawn designs. Acutely aware of the rich source of inspiration that the natural world provides, she has always drawn on this resource and its myriad patterns and colours to form the basis of her designs.