2/22/2011

car toile wallpaper.

I had the hardest time naming this post, because “car toile” doesn’t make any sense. But that’s precisely what this is: car toile wallpaper.

Gosh. Who comes up with this stuff? Amaze.

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p.s. If you read “car toile wallpaper” fast enough it looks like “car toilet paper.” Sort of.

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8 Comments

1. 
   Kathryn:

   I always love design with a sense of humor – awesome find!

   4:05 pm on Feb 22, 2011
2. 
   erin:

   me, too — quirky design is the best! thanks, kathryn!

   4:14 pm on Feb 22, 2011
3. 
   cindy:

   my husband would love this wallpaper and i do, too. yesterday, i learned on top gear that ‘car’ means penis in albania :).

   4:18 pm on Feb 22, 2011
4. 
   erin:

   SHUT UP!?! amazingly fun fact. gotta remember that one!

   4:18 pm on Feb 22, 2011
5. 
   Bkaspr:

   Hello Erin. Thank you for the kind words! The wallpaper is called “Toile de Derby” which is a play on “Toile de Jolie”. The imagery is small scenes of demolition derbies. Being from Milwaukee originally, I have entered my fair share of demolition derbies. It only seemed natural to turn it into a wallpaper. How many wallpaper designers do you know that have entered a demolition derby?
   -Brian Kaspr

   11:12 am on Feb 26, 2011
6. 
   erin:

   ha, thanks for responding — i’m such a fan, brian!

   your work is FANTASTIC.
   e.

   2:21 pm on Feb 27, 2011
7. 
   adventuresworthnoting:

   I totally thought the headline said “car toilet paper” in my reader until I read the rest of the post… I’m so glad I did, that wallpaper is amazing!

   12:00 pm on Feb 28, 2011
8. 
   erin:

   ha — see? it totally reads ‘car toilet paper!’ ha!

   12:32 pm on Feb 28, 2011