Established 2015 · To the trade
Japanese craft, brought directly to the American trade.
Why we exist
We started Studio Zen Wallcoverings to bring wallcoverings made in Japan directly to American designers and architects, from the people who make them.
Browse the collectionLeaf laid by hand, one square at a time
Our craft
Leaf laid by hand, one square at a time.
Our metal leaf is laid onto paper by hand, one square of leaf at a time, by craftsmen trained in a tradition that began with gilded folding screens. The paper beneath the leaf is made to keep it from tarnishing.
Every roll is laid by hand, one square of leaf at a time.
One of our group’s production facilities, Japan
Our foundation
Part of a group of Japanese wallcovering makers.
Studio Zen Wallcoverings is owned by a group of Japanese wallcovering manufacturers. Much of our collection is designed, printed and finished in the group’s own plants.
If a pattern is in our catalog, we chose it, we know how it is made, and we can get it.
Product development
Planned, printed and finished under one roof.
Our showroom, 18th floor of the D&D Building, 979 Third Avenue, New York, 2016 to 2026
2016 — 2026
A decade at the D&D Building.
From 2016 to 2026 our flagship showroom was on the 18th floor of the D&D Building, 979 Third Avenue, New York, with wing displays down every wall. Ten years of designers walking in with a paint chip and a deadline taught us most of what we know about this trade: send the sample today, and never show anything we would not hang ourselves.
Today we work with designers through showrooms and representatives across the country. The habits came with us.
Working with us
Built around the way you actually work.
Trade accounts see net pricing on every page and order whole rolls online. Anyone can browse, run the estimator and download the sheets.
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Memo samples
Complimentary, two per request, cut from current stock and shipped from Long Beach, California.
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Tear sheets and spec sheets
Every colorway has a one-page tear sheet and a specification sheet with width, repeat, roll size, content and flame rating.
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Quantity estimator
Enter your walls and get whole rolls for that pattern, using its own width, repeat and roll length, with a 10% allowance.
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Direct answers
Questions about a repeat, a dye lot or a lead time are answered by our own team.