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  • Senmen

    Byuser

    A World Inside the Opening On senmen, and what it means to carry a shape that contains everything — and keeps expanding Every other motif in this series depicts something from the natural world — a bird, a flower, a tree, a geometric shape borrowed from a creature’s shell. The fan is different. It is…

  • Hexagons

    Byuser

    The Shape That Nature Keeps Returning To On kikko, and what it means when a pattern is not invented but discovered Every other motif in this series began with something seen — a bird in flight, a flower opening, a tree holding its color against winter. The designer’s task was to translate nature into textile,…