<img width="640" height="837" src="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/topographies-700x915.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="The image is a detail shot of a monochrome white wallpaper composed of torn and layered strips of paper. Please scroll down for a further description of this piece." style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" srcset="https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/topographies-700x915.jpg 700w, https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/topographies-229x300.jpg 229w, https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/topographies-170x222.jpg 170w, https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/topographies.jpg 783w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" data-attachment-id="29599" data-permalink="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/2018/04/26/topographies-landscape-on-the-wall/topographies-2/" data-orig-file="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/topographies.jpg" data-orig-size="783,1024" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"Matt Flynn","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"This image may not be reproduced without authorization from Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="topographies" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/topographies-229x300.jpg" data-large-file="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/topographies-700x915.jpg" />Topographies dazzles our eyes and walls with a trompe l’oeil effect that successfully tricks our senses—the seemingly three-dimensional surface is deceptively flat. To create the pattern, designers stacked multiple sheets of paper and tore away portions of the surface by hand, forming canyon-like valleys of various widths and depths. The wallcovering’s name refers to the...
