Graham & Brown Unveils Designer Collaboration with Nate Berkus

November 9, 2026  by Karen Parrish in Business Strategy, Industry   

Travel, architecture and history have long informed Berkus’s design vocabulary, shaping interiors and collections throughout his career. His enduring appreciation for classic European motifs and historic pattern work is woven throughout, reinterpreted through a distinctly personal lens to feel both storied and relevant. The collection unfolds across four distinct themes—Archival, Tailored, Haptic, and Playful—each offering a different expression of Berkus’s approach to pattern, texture and the art of a well-considered interior.

Archival draws on the timeless pull of botanical trees and heraldic imagery; translating pieces from Graham & Brown’s own archive, and the aged, storied character of a centuries-old home, into pattern. It’s led by Elmsley, a layered woodland scene; Ravello, Italian for “garden,” a trailing floral, Sera Bloom, named for the Italian word for “evening,” which sets full botanical artwork against a deep black ground; and Elderberry Stripe, a delicate leaf trail.

Tailored borrows from classic tailoring – piping, seams, precise proportion – to give simple geometrics a sharper, more polished edge. The theme includes Somerset Sheaf, Sunday Stripe, Rayure Stripe, Benedict Stripe, Stirling Tweed, and Braemer Plaid, which takes its name from a village in the Scottish Highlands. Haptic is built from textures that invite touch, prioritizing tactility over pure pattern. It comprises Hadrian Weave, Aliso, Fieldstone, Rimal Weave, Lienzo, Spanish for “canvas”, and Travertine Wash, whose name and softly mottled finish are both drawn from weathered stone.

A single Playful design closes out the collection with Menagerie, an illustrated scene of animals, trees, birds, and decorative vessels, hand-painted with Gouche paint in Graham & Brown’s UK studio following close collaboration between Berkus, the brand’s design team, and stylists, drawn directly from their Portuguese farm. It’s the most literal expression of that Portuguese inspiration, a grown-up take on storytelling pattern that proves whimsy isn’t only for children’s rooms.

The palette runs in two directions. One half draws on soft sage and neutral tones, long a hallmark of Graham & Brown’s design language. The other leans into a moodier register of cognacs, bronzes, and olives, echoing the sun-warmed stone, aged wood and olive groves of Berkus’s own property. Used together or apart, the two stories give the collection range, from tonal and understated to rich and atmospheric.

“Wallpaper has this extraordinary ability to give a room an identity almost instantly,” said Berkus. “For my first collection, I wanted every design to have a distinct point of view but never feel prescriptive. The best interiors are deeply personal, and this collection is meant to become part of that story. Graham & Brown gave me the freedom to explore scale, texture and color in ways that feel both bold and enduring—whether you commit to an entire room or use a single pattern to create an unexpected moment.”

“Nate has a real gift for making a room feel collected rather than decorated, and that instinct shapes this collection from the very first conversation in our design studio. Working closely with our team, he pushed us to pair archival motifs with a more tailored hand, and to lean further into texture than we have before.

This has been a true creative partnership, and a collection that feels true to both of us – rooted in our archive and generations of craftsmanship, but with his warmth and stylistic identity running through every design,” says Iona Graham, Brand & Marketing Controller.