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Rubaiyat from The Wanderlust Collection by Michelle Nussbaumer for The Mural Source OBSESSIONS. DECORATION. SALIENT FACTS. 102 D allas designer Michelle Nussbaumer doesn't just decorate rooms: She takes them on adventures. An intrepid maximalist, she mixes pattern, print, and the exotic with a collector's hand and a traveler's spirit. Her globe-trotting has taken her from Morocco and Turkey to Italy and France, with homes in Switzerland and Mexico along the way. Now, in her first collaboration with The Mural Source by Paul Montgomery — her longtime partner in custom projects Passport to Pattern East Meets West — those journeys come together in The Wanderlust Collection, an extravagant series of 12 wallpaper designs inspired by the worlds she's lived in and loved. Their c o l l a b o r a t i o n s a r e ongoing, so look for more designs as their joint projects are completed. The collection riffs on Nussbaumer's favorite motifs, from faux marbre and bone or mother-of- pearl inlay to antique tapestries, tile work, and exotic decorative arts. Included in the global array is Coromandel, inspired by the lacquered screens Nussbaumer has collected for her Dallas shop, Ceylon et Cie. Printed on Type II metallic mylar to evoke the dynamic light play of real gold leaf, the design channels the opulence of historic Parisian interiors. L egendary designer Giorgio Armani died on September 4 at age 91, but his genius lives on through his extraordinary fashion collections, as well as Armani/Casa, the home-furnishings brand he founded in Milan in 2000. Armani worked until his final days, and one of his last designs was a luminous tribute to Armani/Casa's 25th anniversary. In collaboration with de Gournay — the London atelier celebrated for hand-painted wallpapers and bespoke decorative arts — Armani created Oriental Inks, a collection of lavishly designed furniture, lighting, and tabletop inspired by traditional Japanese drawings and motifs. The collection debuted this past spring at Salone del Mobile in Milan. Sequins, metallic threads, glass beads, and silk organza — up to 50 materials in all — shimmer across satin and velvet seating and other Far Pavilions celebrates Nussbaumer's love of blue and white, drawing from her vast collection of Chinese porcelain. Verdure Tapestry takes inspiration from her trove of antique tapestries and fragments depicting lush, naturalistic scenes — the first of which she acquired while living in Rome. Gustavia nods to the fanciful embellishment of 18th-century Swedish castles, where French and Russian influences have blended. And with Palazzi Barbari, Nussbaumer and Montgomery pay homage to the Italian master Renzo Mongiardino and his signature faux marbre, reimagining palatial slabs of marble in gleaming gold frames. The Wanderlust Collection by Michelle Nussbaumer for The Mural Source, through themuralsource.com. Rebecca Sherman upholstery. The Amedeo bed in viridian silk is embroidered with monkeys frolicking in jungle fronds, while the Seine console in lichen-green velvet carries a dragon motif worked with metallic thread and beads. The curved Viso chairs in deep-red velvet are embroidered with dragons, and a dragon in gold leaf unfurls across the Virtù cabinet, which has a handle reminiscent of a katana sword. Tabletop and decorative pieces include embroidered linens, porcelain dinnerware, cutlery, glassware, and lamps with shades crafted from translucent selenite. Amani/Casa's Oriental Inks, made to order, armani.com/en-us. RS Far Pavilions Armani Casa X de Gournay Viso chairs Renzo Marmo