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"Maya Romanoff has been associated with innovative textiles and wall coverings for more than 40 years. After starting out, in 1969, as a designer of tie-dye fabrics, Romanoff went on to become a pioneer in the world of wall coverings, experimenting with unconventional materials such as glass crystals, hand-painted vinyl, and braided hemp. Today he continues to push in new directions, working closely with his wife and main collaborator, Joyce, as well as teams of artisans, on designs such as Mother of Pearl, a hand-made wallcovering with inlaid shells, and Kyoto Weaves, a woven-hemp pattern, influenced by ancient Japanese craft techniques.\n\nLast spring the Romanoffs opened a flagship showroom at the Merchandise Mart in Chicago, where the company is based. Designed by Tom Marquardt and his interior architecture firm Marquardt+, the space was a huge success\u2014so much so that the couple also enlisted Marquardt to create their first New York showroom, which opened in the Decoration &amp;amp; Design Building in February. \"The New York location was an interpretation of Maya's artistic approach, applied to a much more condensed space than in Chicago,\" says Marquardt. \"Our goal was to present as much of the product as possible, while maintaining the earthy, artisan, and elegant Romanoff brand experience.\"\n\nOne of the special features Marquardt and his team devised is a floor-to-ceiling magnetic display for swatches that allows clients to mix and match styles and color combinations from Maya Romanoff's extensive offerings. Another striking wall is devoted entirely to one of the firm's best-selling designs, Bedazzled, which is created using flexible glass beads and offered in colors such as ruby red, caviar, and metallic taupe. Marquardt is also responsible for the custom pendant lights: One is covered in a handmade Nepalese paper the company calls Meditations Ohm, and the other in a natural fiber weave, Fabricadazzle. He designed the lights with the always-inventive Romanoffs, who expect to announce new collaborative projects in the coming months. mayaromanoff.com"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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