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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">- <a href="http://www.archijive.com/armi-ratia/">Armi Ratia</a>, Marimekko </span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I'm excited to share this new design by your truly, me (Ozana Gherman <a href="https://twitter.com/CloseDesign">@CloseDesign</a>. This here is an original design woven by hand in my studio. The strong contrast of colors really make it pop on the street and the finish gives it a really unique appearance - almost silk like. I'm definitely one for mixing bold colors and textures to create a nice balance of design. </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02689848032592596389noreply@blogger.com0Toronto, ON, Canada43.653226 -79.38318429999998243.285996499999996 -80.028631299999986 44.0204555 -78.737737299999978tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4497909039982154472.post-62968370103500076412013-03-11T21:15:00.004-07:002013-03-12T08:32:40.411-07:00[Mood] Shades of Gray + Yellow <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Floating through <span style="font-size: small;">the winter was not easy so <span style="font-size: small;">as soon as there was a <span style="font-size: small;">glimpse</span> of sunlight that graced the city pavement I was eager to take a journey and experience the hopeful light of what will be spring<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">It's just amazing how the light picks up on the most subtle texture<span style="font-size: small;">s and colo<span style="font-size: small;">u</span>r<span style="font-size: small;">s</span> to reveal <span style="font-size: small;">an amazing <span style="font-size: small;">palette for me that <span style="font-size: small;">is </span>aligning itself for s<span style="font-size: small;">pring. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">"A garden is the most intimate landscape ensemble I know of. It is
close to us. There we cultivate the plants we need. A garden requires
care and protection. And so we encircle it, we defend it and fend for
it. We give it shelter. The garden turns into a place.</span>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">…The <i>hortus conclusus</i> that I dream of is enclosed all around and open to the sky.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I was so lucky to catch <a href="http://www.serpentinegallery.org/2011/04/serpentine_gallery_pavillion_2011_zumthor.html">Peter Zumthor’s pavilion [hortus conclusus] </a>at the <a href="http://www.serpentinegallery.org/index.html">Serpentine Gallery</a>
(London, UK) – the 11th year for the commission in the gallery’s annual
series. The beautiful hard edges of the exterior is sculpted by
light-wells that lead you to the organic interior garden filled with
softness and life designed by <a href="http://www.oudolf.com/piet-oudolf">Piet Oudolf.</a> I spent close to 2 hours just taking in the sweet smells and colors of all the existing plant culture.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02689848032592596389noreply@blogger.com0London, UK51.511213899999987 -0.1198243999999704151.195090399999984 -0.7652713999999704 51.82733739999999 0.52562260000002958tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4497909039982154472.post-43567713231236641422013-03-07T21:53:00.000-08:002013-03-08T10:32:39.145-08:00Into Spring<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Welcome to Close Design! With spring just around the corner, I thought
it would be a good time to begin my first blog, centered around things
that I love – textiles + all the pleasures of life, and sharing them
with other people.</span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02689848032592596389noreply@blogger.com0Washington, DC, USA38.8951118 -77.036365838.6973758 -77.3590893 39.0928478 -76.7136423