Printed Space

Imagine walking into a room and stepping on clouds, with the sky showing around you, and the bright sun in a corner. Imagine walking into a room and stepping on the ocean floor, with all kinds of fish and mysterious creatures surrounding you. Imagine walking into a room and stepping on a grassy field, with a forest all around you, your own personal oasis.

All of this can be done, because of a company called Printed Space. They take photos and turn them into high resolution wallpaper, flooring, blinds, and canvases. These can be used to decorate homes, establishments, and even public spaces...

I found this website just randomly, but after looking through it for a while, I realized that my dentist has a printed beach scene in his office. Upon further investigation, I found that the graffiti artist Banksy had used the same one as my dentist to create the illusion of a hole in an Israeli security wall. 


Sidenote: this is a fantastic example of media being used not in the way it was intended. But it is also a fantastic example of showing meaning through images.

I think that Printed Space has a brilliant product. It is already becoming popular, and I think that it is going to tip very soon, especially considering the continually increasing resolution of common cameras. People's may soon be able to use their own photos on their walls, etc.

printing on a bridge

printing in an airplane 

 

 printing in a train station