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At home with Scott Flora of Blik surface graphics

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Graphics, like art, Scott Flora says, can change the way people experience their homes.

‘In my own space, I see how they influence my mood, the environment and my own family,’ he says.

The walls of his sunny Venice cottage are lined with graphics, but the stickers are not merely decorative. They’re work.

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Flora uses the small house that he shares with Susan Kaufman and daughter Aja as a veritable test kitchen -- and photo studio -- for the latest designs from Blik, the wall graphics company he co-founded with Jerinne Neils in 2002.

‘We are constantly testing things, printing them, cutting them, coloring them, trying things in different colors,’ Flora says. ‘We use our homes to think through things. I’ll put something in a space and look at it really hard for the first few weeks. After that I stop noticing it. Once you get to that point, and it fits, I know it’s a project that’s working.’

Article: Blik co-founder uses Venice home as test kitchen

Photos: A Venice cottage gets graphic

-- Lisa Boone

Top photo: Scott Flora plays with his daughter, Aja Kaufman Flora, 18 months. On the walls are the designs ‘Heart Breakout,’ left, and ‘I Never Saw the Sign,’ right. Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times

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