For Louis Kahn’s First Unitarian Church in Rochester, New York, Larsen designed a series of gradient wall panels that spanned the color spectrum while using only three yarns: one each of yellow, red, and blue. During the project, Larsen actually taught the renowned architect how to weave.
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Larsen's Greatest Hits
To accompany our profile on the iconic textile designer in Dwell's October 2013 issue, we rounded up a few hits from the Larsen design archives. While these are only a small sampling of his decades of work, they represent some of the designer's best-loved fabrics and collaborations.
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