Wallpaper as Art: Inside Zambaiti’s Latest Nature-Inspired Collection

June 14, 2025
Contemporary wallpaper mural in a living room.

In a world where interior design increasingly leans on narrative and emotion, Zambaiti Contract’s Project – Chapter 2 offers more than just wallpaper, it delivers an immersive visual journey. This second edition of the brand’s signature collection blurs the line between art, sustainability, and scenography.

Developed by Zambaiti CreativeLab, the company’s research and development studio, the collection brings together five visionary creatives to interpret the theme of nature through their own artistic languages. The result is a gallery of textures, forms, and stories that redefine how we experience surfaces.

A nature inspired wallpaper mural with greens, browns, and white.

Design Meets Nature: The Concept Behind Chapter 2

At the heart of Project – Chapter 2 lies a commitment to marrying design excellence with ecological awareness. Zambaiti CreativeLab initiated this new chapter as a response to an evolving industry, one where surface design is no longer just decorative, but expressive and responsible.

These designs are scenographic statements: sophisticated visual landscapes that echo natural scenes, play with light and shadow, and re-imagine flora and fauna in bold, contemporary ways. The patterns are rich with layered meanings and textures, suited to modern, dynamic spaces but crafted with an old-world reverence for beauty.

An Asian inspired wallpaper with a nature theme for a bedroom.

Five Visionaries, Five Interpretations of Nature

To bring this vision to life, Zambaiti Contract enlisted five designers, each with a distinct creative approach. From illustration to photography, their interpretations range from poetic to futuristic, dreamlike to architectural.

Chiara Caberlon – “Odissey”
Inspired by the untouched beauty of remote islands, Odissey is a collection of wallpapers that feel like tactile travel journals. Organic textures meet layered graphic elements, evoking volcanic soil, dense canopies, and oceanic breeze. Patterns echo the stratifications of time and geology, and the wallpapers pair beautifully with raw materials like wood, stone, and woven fibers, offering a grounded, nature-rooted elegance.

Inspired by the untouched beauty of remote islands, Odissey is a collection of wallpapers that feel like tactile travel journals. Organic textures meet layered graphic elements, evoking volcanic soil, dense canopies, and oceanic breeze. Patterns echo the stratifications of time and geology, and the wallpapers pair beautifully with raw materials like wood, stone, and woven fibers—offering a grounded, nature-rooted elegance.
Inspired by the untouched beauty of remote islands, Odissey is a collection of wallpapers that feel like tactile travel journals. Organic textures meet layered graphic elements, evoking volcanic soil, dense canopies, and oceanic breeze. Patterns echo the stratifications of time and geology, and the wallpapers pair beautifully with raw materials like wood, stone, and woven fibers—offering a grounded, nature-rooted elegance.
Inspired by the untouched beauty of remote islands, Odissey is a collection of wallpapers that feel like tactile travel journals. Organic textures meet layered graphic elements, evoking volcanic soil, dense canopies, and oceanic breeze. Patterns echo the stratifications of time and geology, and the wallpapers pair beautifully with raw materials like wood, stone, and woven fibers—offering a grounded, nature-rooted elegance.
Inspired by the untouched beauty of remote islands, Odissey is a collection of wallpapers that feel like tactile travel journals. Organic textures meet layered graphic elements, evoking volcanic soil, dense canopies, and oceanic breeze. Patterns echo the stratifications of time and geology, and the wallpapers pair beautifully with raw materials like wood, stone, and woven fibers—offering a grounded, nature-rooted elegance.
Inspired by the untouched beauty of remote islands, Odissey is a collection of wallpapers that feel like tactile travel journals. Organic textures meet layered graphic elements, evoking volcanic soil, dense canopies, and oceanic breeze. Patterns echo the stratifications of time and geology, and the wallpapers pair beautifully with raw materials like wood, stone, and woven fibers—offering a grounded, nature-rooted elegance.

Massimo Gardone – “My Garden”
Known for his photographic explorations of the floral world, Gardone crafts a dreamlike environment where flowers and leaves appear almost surreal. In My Garden, botanical elements undergo creative metamorphosis, revealing new forms and rhythms. Geometric repetition contrasts with soft light and floating bubbles, drawing us into a suspended, whimsical world, a living herbarium at once familiar and fantastical.

Known for his photographic explorations of the floral world, Gardone crafts a dreamlike environment where flowers and leaves appear almost surreal. In My Garden, botanical elements undergo creative metamorphosis, revealing new forms and rhythms. Geometric repetition contrasts with soft light and floating bubbles, drawing us into a suspended, whimsical world, a living herbarium at once familiar and fantastical.
Known for his photographic explorations of the floral world, Gardone crafts a dreamlike environment where flowers and leaves appear almost surreal. In My Garden, botanical elements undergo creative metamorphosis, revealing new forms and rhythms. Geometric repetition contrasts with soft light and floating bubbles, drawing us into a suspended, whimsical world, a living herbarium at once familiar and fantastical.
Known for his photographic explorations of the floral world, Gardone crafts a dreamlike environment where flowers and leaves appear almost surreal. In My Garden, botanical elements undergo creative metamorphosis, revealing new forms and rhythms. Geometric repetition contrasts with soft light and floating bubbles, drawing us into a suspended, whimsical world, a living herbarium at once familiar and fantastical.
Known for his photographic explorations of the floral world, Gardone crafts a dreamlike environment where flowers and leaves appear almost surreal. In My Garden, botanical elements undergo creative metamorphosis, revealing new forms and rhythms. Geometric repetition contrasts with soft light and floating bubbles, drawing us into a suspended, whimsical world, a living herbarium at once familiar and fantastical.

Eleonora Sassoli – “Lucente”
Drawing on Botticelli’s Primavera, Sassoli’s Lucente collection turns walls into radiant floral compositions. The works began as hand-painted watercolors and pencil sketches, then digitally transformed to maintain their freshness and vibrancy. The result: ten refined designs that celebrate spring through luminous color, delicate texture, and Renaissance grace. Lucente is where classical art meets contemporary design.

Drawing on Botticelli’s Primavera, Sassoli’s Lucente collection turns walls into radiant floral compositions. The works began as hand-painted watercolors and pencil sketches, then digitally transformed to maintain their freshness and vibrancy. The result: ten refined designs that celebrate spring through luminous color, delicate texture, and Renaissance grace. Lucente is where classical art meets contemporary design.
Drawing on Botticelli’s Primavera, Sassoli’s Lucente collection turns walls into radiant floral compositions. The works began as hand-painted watercolors and pencil sketches, then digitally transformed to maintain their freshness and vibrancy. The result: ten refined designs that celebrate spring through luminous color, delicate texture, and Renaissance grace. Lucente is where classical art meets contemporary design.
Drawing on Botticelli’s Primavera, Sassoli’s Lucente collection turns walls into radiant floral compositions. The works began as hand-painted watercolors and pencil sketches, then digitally transformed to maintain their freshness and vibrancy. The result: ten refined designs that celebrate spring through luminous color, delicate texture, and Renaissance grace. Lucente is where classical art meets contemporary design.
Drawing on Botticelli’s Primavera, Sassoli’s Lucente collection turns walls into radiant floral compositions. The works began as hand-painted watercolors and pencil sketches, then digitally transformed to maintain their freshness and vibrancy. The result: ten refined designs that celebrate spring through luminous color, delicate texture, and Renaissance grace. Lucente is where classical art meets contemporary design.

Jacopo Ascari – “Megalopolis”
Illustrator Jacopo Ascari envisions a futuristic urban utopia, where fashion, architecture, and culture converge. Megalopolis is a layered visual diary of imagined cities, part collage, part celebration of human potential. Bold and expressive, the graphics reflect confidence in reinvention and collective creativity. It’s less wallpaper, more visionary mural.

Illustrator Jacopo Ascari envisions a futuristic urban utopia, where fashion, architecture, and culture converge. Megalopolis is a layered visual diary of imagined cities, part collage, part celebration of human potential. Bold and expressive, the graphics reflect confidence in reinvention and collective creativity. It's less wallpaper, more visionary mural.
Illustrator Jacopo Ascari envisions a futuristic urban utopia, where fashion, architecture, and culture converge. Megalopolis is a layered visual diary of imagined cities, part collage, part celebration of human potential. Bold and expressive, the graphics reflect confidence in reinvention and collective creativity. It's less wallpaper, more visionary mural.
Illustrator Jacopo Ascari envisions a futuristic urban utopia, where fashion, architecture, and culture converge. Megalopolis is a layered visual diary of imagined cities, part collage, part celebration of human potential. Bold and expressive, the graphics reflect confidence in reinvention and collective creativity. It's less wallpaper, more visionary mural.
Illustrator Jacopo Ascari envisions a futuristic urban utopia, where fashion, architecture, and culture converge. Megalopolis is a layered visual diary of imagined cities, part collage, part celebration of human potential. Bold and expressive, the graphics reflect confidence in reinvention and collective creativity. It's less wallpaper, more visionary mural.

Emanuele Svetti – “Voodoo Nature”
Romantic, psychedelic, and richly symbolic, Svetti’s Voodoo Nature fuses space, memory, and mysticism. This collection channels a dreamlike mood, oscillating between pop vibrancy and nostalgic reverie. The natural world becomes a source of spiritual power, interpreted through abstract forms and lush colors. Imagine the first kiss on the moon with the forest watching.

Romantic, psychedelic, and richly symbolic, Svetti’s Voodoo Nature fuses space, memory, and mysticism. This collection channels a dreamlike mood, oscillating between pop vibrancy and nostalgic reverie. The natural world becomes a source of spiritual power, interpreted through abstract forms and lush colors. Imagine the first kiss on the moon with the forest watching.
Romantic, psychedelic, and richly symbolic, Svetti’s Voodoo Nature fuses space, memory, and mysticism. This collection channels a dreamlike mood, oscillating between pop vibrancy and nostalgic reverie. The natural world becomes a source of spiritual power, interpreted through abstract forms and lush colors. Imagine the first kiss on the moon with the forest watching.
Romantic, psychedelic, and richly symbolic, Svetti’s Voodoo Nature fuses space, memory, and mysticism. This collection channels a dreamlike mood, oscillating between pop vibrancy and nostalgic reverie. The natural world becomes a source of spiritual power, interpreted through abstract forms and lush colors. Imagine the first kiss on the moon with the forest watching.
Romantic, psychedelic, and richly symbolic, Svetti’s Voodoo Nature fuses space, memory, and mysticism. This collection channels a dreamlike mood, oscillating between pop vibrancy and nostalgic reverie. The natural world becomes a source of spiritual power, interpreted through abstract forms and lush colors. Imagine the first kiss on the moon with the forest watching.

Graphic Innovation Meets Artistic Technique

What makes Project – Chapter 2 compelling is its dedication to both artistry and technical precision. Many designs began as traditional artworks, watercolors, sketches, and mixed media, before being reworked digitally to allow seamless large-scale application.

The result is a collection of highly refined, deeply expressive surfaces. Light effects, natural textures, and compositional rhythm come together to evoke emotion. Whether it’s the glowing luminosity of Lucente or the textural layering of Odissey, each panel is meant to transform a wall into a canvas of narrative and nuance.

Contemporary illustrated wallpaper mural for a dining room.