Ananbô, designer and publisher of panoramic wallpapers.

Hello Anne, you are the founder, designer and artistic director of the brand. How did the idea for the first collections of Ananbô panoramic wallpapers come about?

Dress up houses, decorate, make me happy. It was above all for me, for my house. I will never create a setting that I would not like to pose at home.

Where does this taste for decoration come from, how did your eye sharpen in the course of your life?

I decorated a lot, I had many apartments and houses, I moved out a lot. My mother had a lot of taste, in the 70s, she was a subscriber to Art and decoration, we liked to discuss color and we spent our lives repainting furniture and walls, moving rooms and creating new atmospheres, with few things we were transforming the house. I have kept the taste, these are beautiful memories. I still remember the wallpaper we had chosen for my room. I must have been 10 or 11 years old, I can still visualize it.
And then I grew up, I left the big family house to find myself in a Parisian studio for my studies. At that time, I started to make my own furniture… I remember a shell coffee table à la Thomas Boog I created back from a trip to the Pacific!

What are, at the genesis of your collections, your sources of inspiration, themes of predilection…

In the early 80s, the discovery of Southeast Asia was a revelation. There was a shop called «Le Monde Sauvage» (the only one at that time) near Les Halles, I spent hours there. Just the name of the shop made me dream. I have always been passionate about these destinations, the pace of life is different, landscapes obviously touch me in a particular way. I like this vegetation,this luxuriance and at the same time the calm that emerges from it. This is reflected in the landscapes I create for Ananbô.

Can you tell me about the technical process of creation,chromatic research, production sites…

My eye, my sensitivity are found in each of the sets I draw. At the beginning of the process of creation, there is always a trip or the idea of a trip, what I would like it to look like, a vision for sure a little enchanting. The landscape is set up, elements are added to it (animals, characters, architectural elements …), then comes the moment when the decor painter gives life to my sketch. The hand of the artist, the brushstrokes, the transparencies are essential to create the Ananbô landscapes.

The painted decor is digitized. Then begins the long and meticulous work of retouching: rebalancing the decor’s style, adding elements, looking for nuances…

The printing of our decorations is made in Bordeaux, it is a small workshop where everything is implemented so that the result is perfect.The print medium, matte paper, brings elegance and refinement to the set. We chose this support for its visual aspect as well as the simplicity of its installation. The inks used are Latex inks, solvent free, complying with REACH European standards. The strips are cut manually and each decoration is subject to a thorough quality control before being shipped.