cotton Archives | Ouno Design https://ounodesign.com/tag/cotton/ Mon, 14 Apr 2014 03:32:16 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 Arhuaca mochila bags of Colombia https://ounodesign.com/2014/04/13/arhuaca-mochila-bag-colombia/ https://ounodesign.com/2014/04/13/arhuaca-mochila-bag-colombia/#respond Mon, 14 Apr 2014 03:32:16 +0000 http://blog.ounodesign.com/?p=16761

I first noticed these cylindrical handwoven bags on a couple of delegates at the UN World Urban Forum in Medellín, Colombia. They looked unusually sturdy, very finely handwoven in wool, and all had unique and beautiful geometric patterns.

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Seeing the above graphic on Facebook recently (source wasn’t credited) reignited my longstanding frustration over our global failure to switch (back) to hemp as a major source for textiles, paper and food.

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Probably everyone and his/her dog has seen this NYC loft apartment by now, and possibly also blogged about it, but this is one of those places that is so hypnotizing I can’t stop looking at it.

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