WALL STICKERS COMPETITION: sweet as chocovenyl

HOW TO MAKE now ubiquitous wall decals more enticing? Employ some of the best children’s illustrators out there and pick a sensuous fabric finish for your re-useable art.

That’s exactly what Nataly Nir of new decal outfit Chocovenyl has done with her range of art-based illustrations for walls, featuring the likes of illustrators Adolie Day (creator of Fairy, left), Jillian Phillips, and the Canadian Helen Dardik (who designed Red Riding Hood, below).

“I’ve followed the decal market for some time,” says Nataly from her newly adopted home in the north of England. “Yet I had my own vision of how they should be - I felt there was much room for creative exploration. I’m inspired by the richness of the best of children’s book illustrations, and I wanted to do more than decorate - there being enough flat colour vector cutouts on the market. I wanted to create a universe full of character, depth and colour. And with the matt, slight fabric texture, the [tear-resistent] decals look as if they belong to the wall.”

Graphic designer Nataly - mother to Troy, three and a half, and Mia, 18 months - chooses her artists on the basis of intuition alone: “We love whimsy!” she says, and there’s certainly something whimsical about LittleBig’s current favourite, Adolie Day’s Fairy. “Yes, she gets a lot of attention,” admits Nataly. “But she’s certainly isn’t sugar, is she?”

*Order at www.chocovenyl.co.uk

GIVEAWAY: We have two sets of Adolie Day’s Fairy design to give away (approximately 400 x 600mm). To have a chance to win, simply send us a quick email with Fairy in the title - to mail@littlebigmagazine.com. Winners will be picked at random on 15th October and notified by email.