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Morris 'Trellis' pattern, (via V&A) According to shelter magazines, decorator blogs, and even HGTV, wallpaper is back. As designer Sefton Freeman-Bahn pointed out recently in the Guardian, “the possibilities wallpaper offers to create or change a space are amazing,” and many young wallpaper designers have embraced digital printing in order to explore new techniques and finishes, as well as enhance the speed of production. Designer Linda Hasking takes these processes one step further , creating photographic collages and then digitally printing them as wallpaper. It is a period of exploration and inventiveness in wallpaper design that recalls the pioneering work of William Morris and others in this field. What is lacking in the current moment, however, is any sense of debate over the appropriateness of digital printing or the use of photographs in pattern design. As a way to provide some historical perspective on this wallpaper renaissance, it is interesting to consider the v

The Dandelion Pub, where we will convene for our meeting & lunch. Image by Karrisa Olsen. Please join us at the Modern Language Association 2017 Annual Convention,  5-8 January , Philadelphia for one Morris Society sponsored session, and one co-sponsored session. Non-MLA members may obtain a guest pass; to arrange this, please contact  Linda Hughes,  l.hughes@tcu.edu 421A. Craft and Design in Literary Study: The Legacy of William Morris Friday, 6 January ,  5:15–6:30 p.m. , 202A, Pennsylvania Convention Center  Presiding:  Jason Martinek , New Jersey City Univ. 1. "The Ecology of Pleasure: Craft and Design in the Work of Ruskin and Morris,"  Balázs Keresztes , Eötvös Loránd Univ. 2. "'A Thoughtful Sequence': Text as Tapestry in William Morris's  News from Nowhere ,"  Lindsay Wells , Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison 3. "H.D. and William Morris: 'There Was Comfort in the Table,'"  Sara Dunton , Univ. of New Brunswick, Fredericton Respondin