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It looks like California’s stay-at-home orders might soon be eased a bit, not that I’ll be venturing too far afield just yet. So just when I really need to step into the exotic, the unfamiliar for half a minute, a fascinating approach to florals by the Absolute Flower shop appeared on design blogs like World Architecture<\/a> and designboom<\/a> this week, which is where I grabbed these photos. Simultaneously denatured and hypernatured, I couldn’t stop looking at the very sophisticated selection of leaves and flowers, the use of staghorn ferns, bromeliads, driftwood — even branches of ricinus! There’s a very knowing plants person at work<\/s> at play <\/em>here. Located in the former French Concession<\/a> neighborhood of Shanghai. I predict that lots of future travel plans are going to be based on a backlash to the overly familiar, and I won’t be the only one craving to wander in neighborhoods very different from my own…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The owner of the shop is Ms. Jing, who opened it in 2012 — I wish there was more background information available on her!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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design boom<\/a>: “MDO<\/a> has designed a stylish flower shop in Shanghai that feels more like an art gallery than a retail space.”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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ricinus, front row on the right!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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World Architecture<\/a>: “These works explore the boundaries between the natural and the artificial, often presenting the flowers in surreal yet magical displays.”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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the sleek “secret garden” in the back of the shop throws down clean lines amid the pressing angles of the city<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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