About

Papier Bril­lant or Bril­liant Paper began as the vision of one man.

An icon­o­clast, an artist: Dou­glas James Hassall.

The vision? A din­ing room flick­er­ing in can­dle light, where the walls are cov­ered in glitter!

But not just any glit­ter. A rich, sump­tu­ous, tac­tile glit­ter, more rem­i­nis­cent of the finest vel­vets, with an intri­cate motif, some­thing bold, yet clas­sic. All in a gor­geous palette of cran­berry and crim­son. So taste­ful, so ele­gant — an envi­ron­ment beyond easy descrip­tion. The walls are alive and move with the del­i­cate glow of the candle’s flame.

That was the vision, and ever since, Doug has put his mind to the task of just how to make that room a real­ity. Doug is a self-proclaimed tin­kerer. He has invented, engi­neered and per­son­ally built all his own equip­ment and machin­ery. After years of mus­cle and sweat, head scratch­ing, design­ing and refin­ing we are now the only man­u­fac­turer in the world to offer wall­cov­er­ings such as these. Finally, Doug’s vision and prod­ucts are ready for the world. Ready for you.

Now you too can have that glam­orous room, that room that mere words fail to describe, that spec­tac­u­lar room that you sim­ply can­not wait to come home to.

Be bril­liant, live bril­liant, with Papier Brillant.