Nina Campbell | Gioconda

Gioconda is a spot, printed in flock so each motif stands slightly proud of the paper, with a contrasting coloured outline that sharpens the edge of every dot. The name borrows the Italian title of the Mona Lisa, La Gioconda, a large claim for a small motif, worn lightly.

It is made in the United Kingdom on a 150 gram paper, and the flocked surface is the point, a spot that reads as plain geometry from across the room turns out to be velvet to the touch. Papers with this kind of quiet trick suit dressing rooms, studies, bedrooms and halls, where the raised texture catches side light and rewards a second look.