{"id":25347,"date":"2025-02-05T10:12:52","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T09:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/base.milano.it\/?p=25347"},"modified":"2025-02-14T17:32:29","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T16:32:29","slug":"head-geneve-the-denton-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/base.milano.it\/en\/head-geneve-the-denton-project\/","title":{"rendered":"HEAD \u2013 Gen\u00e8ve, Geneva University of Art and Design \u2013\u2013 Do you speak flower?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5128d1fe2f09eb95f8c18a32b26ce426\" style=\"color:#303030;font-size:28px;letter-spacing:-0.8px\">Since the Industrial Revolution, floriography, the seemingly innocuous language of flowers, has proved to be the communication medium par excellence. 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