pe Princes & Crows Wallpaper & Decor BY ALIX S OUBIRAN
pePrinces & Crows
Wallpaper & Decor
By Alix SouBirAn
An extraordinary talent in custom design, French artisan, Alix Soubiran, is a unique resource within the interior design industry.
We invite you to view her custom:
WallpaperTextile & Rug DesignsDecorative Murals & Paintings
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WAllpAper & DecorAtive projectS
Original Watercolor
tree of lifeWallpaper
Tree of L ife, installat ion
Blue, complete repeat
Gray, detail
toileWallpaper
Toile in Gray, installat ion
Original Drawing , charcoal
chArcoAl MurAlMural
Charcoal Mural , installat ion
White/Gray, complete repeat
Silver, complete repeat
hAvAnA AffAirWallpaper
Havana Af fair in White/Gray, installat ion
Havana Af fair in Si lver, installat ion
Detail
cuStoM WAllpAperWallpaper
Custom Wallpaper, installat ion
Original Gouache Render ing
vizirWallpaper
Vizir in Var ious Color s on Metall ic Ground
White/Beige, detail
MontecriStoWallpaper
Montecr isto in Var ious Color s
MGM GrAnD, lAS veGASCustoM rug
Custom Rug for MGM Grand, Las Vegas
Original Render ing , gouache
MGM GrAnD, lAS veGASCustoM Mural
Custom Mural , installat ion at MGM Grand, Las Vegas
Original Render ing , gouache
MGM GrAnD, lAS veGASCustoM Mural
Custom Mural , installat ion at MGM Grand, Las Vegas
Bodrum Blue
Bodrum Hot Pink
Bodrum Eyes
BoDruMWallpaper
Bodrum Eyes , installat ion
“Returning to a cool inte-rior after being blinded by the metallic reflection of the sun on the dark tur-qoise of the Aegean Sea where sea horses dance between the rocky shores. The curtains are blowing.”
Yellow
Pink
Blue
circuS circuSWallpaper
Circus Circus in Pink , installat ion
Beige
Green
29 pAlMSWallpaper
29 Palms in Gray, installat ion
enchAnteD SceneWallpaper
Enchanted Scene, installat ionEnchanted Scene, installat ion
cArnivAl A triniDADWallpaper
Original Render ing , Gouache
Carnival a Tr inidad
l’ecuMe DeS fleurSWallpaper
Detail
L’ecume Des Fluer s
Minuet MArinWallpaper
Minuet Mar in
french rooMWallpaper
French Room, installat ion
“The air is still. The room exhales a faint smell of beeswax and peonies. A large window overlooks the Jardins du Luxem-bourg. Paris feels like the countryside today.”
Detail
French Room
Enchanted Gypsy, detail
enchAnteD GypSyWallpaper
Enchanted Gypsy, installat ion
Yellow
Blue
joSephineWallpaper
Josephine, installat ion
Blue
Gold
SAnty AnoWallpaper
Santy Ano, paint ing
“The inside of a music box, carefully crafted for a young Prince.”
Blue
BirDS & floWerSWallpaper
Birds & Flowers , installat ion
Blue
Yellow
Green
tree pArtyWallpaper
Tree Par ty, installat ion
Vinyl
SeA BAlletWallpaper
Sea Ballet in Gold, installat ionSilver
DecorAtive MurAlS & pAintinGS
cuStoM pirAte MurAlMural
Custom Pirate Mural , installat ionDetail
BrADpainting
tWinSpainting
textureD poMpeiFresCo
venetiAn plASterinstallations
tent MurAlMural
Tent Mural , detailTent Mural , installat ion
DoD Motelpainting
Bio
Born and raised in Paris, Alix attended l’Atelier Met de Penninghen where she discovered her talent for creating whimsical paintings and detailed murals.
In 2007, Alix founded Princ-es & Crows in LA, offering a complete range of custom services including custom murals, decorative paintings, wallpaper, rugs, and textiles.
Through many years of commercial and residential collaborations with interior designers and architects, Alix has expanded her port-folio from the US to France, England and the West Indies.
Her projects have been featured in multiple interior design publications such as House Beautiful, Traditional Home, the L.A. Times, and LUXE Magazine.
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he Los Feliz aerie of Alix Soubiran is just the kind of place you’d imagine for the whimsical designer of Princes & Crows wallpaper and decor. A sleepy black rabbit shuffles across the studio’s hardwood floor; personal paintings of bunnies, float-
ing rams and a mischievous-looking squirrel are stacked under a suite of paned windows; layers of sloping decks wrap around the home; and narrow staircases connect the three charmingly mismatched levels.
Trained at Atelier Met de Penninghen as a muralist, the former Parisian began her career in 2000, decorating the interiors of various celebrity homes and stylish houses in the West Indies, Palm Beach, France and England. Then, three years ago, something about the reflective light in California and the distance from her homeland sparked a transition to wallpaper.
“I had something to say that I couldn’t say with murals,” she notes. In her world, scenes of feasts, fawns and cupids would be verboten; nothing would be classic; her papers would have monikers such as “Major Tom” and “Sea Ballet.”
The subjects are oversized flowers, deep-sea creatures, animal circus acts and abstract patterns, all in harmonious hues. “The colors cannot not be overwhelming but still must have character,” she says, pulling out one of her hand-painted gouaches. “I want my wallpaper to be as if candle smoke were penetrating the walls,” she remarks about another and gestures to a soothing mixture of butter yellow and
French blue panels, and gold leaves she says could never be called “grandma.”
Once she paints a prototype, her hus-band—music director and visual artist, Joseph Mauceri—helps her transform the colors to Pantone with Adobe Photoshop. The designs are then printed on paper, metallic and vinyl options.
“There is something very primal about art on walls,” she adds. “It’s what the cavemen did, no?”
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Alix works closely with each client through every step of the design process:
From consultation and hand painted samples, to creating digital, painted, or printed materials.
To Discuss Projects:
Alix Soubiran866 960 3030
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