Red rum, red rum

Without fail, everytime anyone comes to visit me, I get comments about the wallpaper in the building's hallways. This is what the ends of the hallways look like:

The psychedaelic/seizure-inducing wallpaper can also be found in the stairwells:


Up close it looks like this:

But the best part, which is not evident in photos, is that the red pattern is raised and fuzzy. It's also tactile!

So if I end up going a little nuts by the end of the PhD, it won't be entirely due to the dissertation.