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If you have illustrator, you can layout the type yourself and send to a sign company to output. I have used Toll Graphics - now in emeryville for vinyl rub down letters in the past. The size of the output is limited and will need to be broken down in sections to fit. If you call and talk to them they can give you specs for output. If you install yourself - make extra sets of common letters, sometimes edges get lifted if not rubbed down right and will need to be replaced.
A less complicated option would be to have it digitally printed on canvas, background color can match wall if you want to blend.

We use color coded single toothbrush holders purchased at a japanese store: http://sjshop.trustpass.alibaba.com/product/11313028-10863632/Toothbrush_Holder.html

Fun and funky.

Looks great but they can't be sealed right. We have on in the office and air slips through in the cold season and you bake during the summer.
Nanawall is a more practical solution for homes, they are made for conditioned spaces.
They did use http://www.bifold.com/ aircraft hanger doors on a leed project at stanford, it may be a better option for if you want that industrial look. you can see it at:

http://www.inhabitat.com/wp-content/uploads/stanford-2.jpg

Consider your room light source. I painted the walls in our loft BM Sea Froth (2107-60). this warm gray on the brown side worked well with the light blue I used for the kitchen and darker brown gray (Smoked oyster 2109-40) I was using for an accent wall. Sea Froth is so light that it absorbs the colors of the light that comes through our west facing windows. In the morning when we get reflected light the color seams cooler. In the afternoon and under incandescent lights it looks just like the sample color. In the evening with the orange and pink tones the color looks pink.
I was quite alarmed the first day i noticed the color change, but have grown to enjoy the shifting shades as part of the cycle of the day.

I think these are great. As a photographer that is constantly juxtaposing images on my walls, this system sure beats my old method of spray mounting the image to gator board and cutting the outer ¼” of the backing away so the images appear to float. Sounds laborious, but when you are used to wielding an x-acto it’s not that hard.
For the people posting comments about their precious photos, unless you are using special glass and archival matt board and paper backings, scan your old photos and frame the copies. I have most of the old photos from my family, and the originals are in a fire safe box and not on my wall.
I can’t wait to get a couple of sets of these hangers.

I work in affordable housing in SF, our projects have always get design awards. Trust me, giving people who normally do not have access to good design an interesting project, they will appreciate it. It is mostly the younger residents that find the details we slave over "cool".
The thing I didn't like about this show, based on the 3rd episode, is that local residence cant afford to buy these houses. They should try and work along the Rural Studio mode of providing housing for poor and low income people or make a more modest residence that could be affordable to local residence.
I don't know how the series ends and who gets into these houses, but based on episode 3, it looks like they need some more community outreach and studies.

We use it all the time in corridors for institutional projects and some multi-family housing. With a good coat of industrial wax it will hold up well. You will need to buff it and recoat now an then depending upon the use. As for DIY only the residential click flooring the sheet goods needs to be rolled and seamed with a integral color weld strip - even the pro's mess this up.

I have used cork from a company called forbo in similar installations. It comes in rolls about 5' wide by several yards long. I didn't see it on their website, but I specified it on a recent project and we had it installed, so I assume it exist.
Contractors have substituted material from another company called claridge http://www.claridgeproducts.com/arch_tack_bulletin_claridge_cork.html
The colors are not ad nice as forbo's, but the material is just as good and comes in the same size.
Seams are tuff if you don't know what you are doing and installing along the length of the roll. Seam along the manufacturers edge if possible.

Oh yea – most artist and art collectives have been gentrified from the city and have moved across the bay to Oak-town. If you are willing to cross the great divide, there is a network of galleries and alternative exhibit spaces worth visiting:

http://www.oaklandartmurmur.com/pages/Jmap/Jmap.php