I fell in love with the art of block printing on a trip to India many years ago. My goal was to see the intricate process in person, but sadly a stomach bug prevented me from doing so.

Block-print paisley lumbar cushion in Denim, €70, Helen Turkington; shophelenturkington.com Wallpaper, €96 per roll, Graham & Brown; grahambrown.com Floral-print cushion, €24.95, Avoca ...

Today, a new generation of designers is reclaiming and recontextualising paisley. British-Iranian designer Paria Farzaneh often incorporates it into her collections using ghalamkar, an ancient Iranian ...