| The Hazelnut |
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This page is a little ramble through language, nature, the history of construction and myth, all tied together by the symbol of this practice: the hazelnut. It’s a playful introduction to our holistic approach to design.
Enjoy the read!
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‘Corylus avellana’ in Latin, ‘Coll’ in Irish.
“A chollain, a chraobhchain,
A chomhra cno cuill”
“O hazlet, little branching one,
O fragrance of hazel nuts”
extract from the 7th Century ‘Laoi Shuibhne’
(Sweeney's Lay) translated by JG O'Keefe
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