Exhibiting a keen eye for design even then, I chose for my teenage bedroom wallpaper what I thought of at the time as an appropriately manly faux woodgrain motif. Allied to a flatpack pine wardrobe, desk and bed, the overall effect was not unlike going to bed every night in a sauna, or perhaps the inside of a large tree.

Faced with the same choice today, I’d hope that I might pick something a little more tasteful, for there has been a veritable explosion in what we must inevitably refer to as “designer wallpapers” (check out Lachlan Blackley’s book). The latest to hop onto this little bandwagon is Habitat with its new range of Very Important Products, featuring wallpapers from the likes of Christian Lacroix, Julian Opie and even a graffiti version from Bernie Reid…

As part of our series of profiles on imagemakers working with light, published in association with Aurea by Philips, Paula Carson interviews UVA. Shown above: A glimpse of UVA’s live show, which they have been performing since 2005.

Matt Clark, Chris Bird and Ash Nehru formed United Visual Artists in 2002. Using bespoke software, LED, projection technologies and traditional lighting they create real-time, immersive, responsive experiences and environments for clients and collaborators in the music and fashion industries, as well as installation art, interiors and music videos.

It’s Friday afternoon, you’re killing a bit of time by WILF-ing around the net, here’s a few nice projects landing in our in-box this week…

Charles Eames rocker 1950s, American. Estimate: £500-700

You know what it’s like, you move into a new house and none of your old furniture goes anymore… what to do? Well, if you are Michael and Gabrielle Boyd and you number many of the key works of twentieth century design in your collection, you put on the mother of all yard sales at Christie’s

Sketch by Parisian artist Turbo

All the creative greats throughout time have used a sketchbook: Leonardo da Vinci, Michealangelo, Rolf Harris… Anyone who is visually creative will have a book or a pad they scribble ideas on or work out visual compositions – and it’s no different for the graffiti artist. A new book by Tristan Manco explores the sketchbooks of over 65 street artists from around the world…

Should you happen upon this flyposted message, you’ll be struck by its beguiling duality: How offensive – yet how beautiful! Especially with that gold-foilblocked censor strip. Let’s face it, it’s not everyday you see a flyposted poster (flyposter?? Or is the flyposter the one doing the posting of the posters???) with gold foilblocking, more’s the pity. But wait, we’ve also been getting reports of sightings of more suspiciously well-produced posters popping up around London – ones with varnishes, scratch-off type and even heat-sensitive ink…