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We love to break down the intricate steps that go into making our favorite furniture, products, prefabs and more. Increase your industrial-manufacturing IQ with this slideshow showcasing our favorite Process articles from the past.
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Little Field of Flowers

Take a passage to India with Barcelona-based rug designer Nani Marquina as weavers transform a Tord Boontje sketch by warp and weft into a blossoming field of woolen flowers.

Featured in the July / August 2008 issue.

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Dwell Staff
February 1, 2013

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  • Put Together

    Put Together

    West of Piombino Dese, in Bovezzo, the well-tended Glo-Balls meet the other parts of the lamp: laminated tubular steel stands, bases, and electronic components sourced in Milan.
  • Blow Mold

    Blow Mold

    When the blob has reached a diameter of about six inches, it has already been handled by two or three blowers, who multitask like chefs.
  • Glo-Ball

    Glo-Ball

    Flos—Designers and manufacturers bemoan the profusion of cheaply made copycats, but it’s been proven time and again that truly great design can never be obscured by poor imitation.
  • Glo-Ball

    Glo-Ball

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