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A physical representation of material honesty

In a biophilic year archive

A knot in wood, a vein in stone, a crack in dried soil: natural materials wear their imperfections openly. Far from flaws to hide, those marks are the record of how the material came to be.

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This essay is part of A Biophilic Year Archive, available with the book A Biophilic Year: 365 thoughts on the essence and practice of biophilic design.