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The modularArts collection includes panels for large-scale installations, tiles that work better in residential projects, and blocks to create rock-solid sculptural walls. With plenty of textures to choose from, designers won’t get bored any time soon.
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fitting that a former musician founded a company that produces three-dimensional wall surfaces that give any space plenty of attitude. Donald Kaump, founder and president of Seattle’s modularArts, transitioned from New Wave cover band in the 1980s to specialty fabricator and furniture designer, working on projects for Seattle Opera and the Pacific Science Center. One day, while Kaump worked on a dimensional wave wall for a restaurant in Bellevue, the idea for the company came to him. “I thought there must be an easier way to create this, maybe a modular method,” he says. A decade later, modularArts has two manufacturing spaces in Seattle that total 30,000 square feet and produce a collection of sculptural panels, tiles, and