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Designing with contrast and cohesion

In a biophilic year archive

Nature is forever pairing opposites, open with closed, rough with smooth, and somehow holding them in balance. That equilibrium between contrast and cohesion is among its subtler lessons for design.

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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.

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