DEDON THE JOURNEYS
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“Wherever you go, go with all your heart.” Confucius, The Analects

Since the beginning, we’ve crisscrossed the globe in search of new ideas, inspirations and possibilities. Our pursuit of the best in outdoor living — an ongoing journey we call the DEDON Tour du Monde — has led us to Kenya’s Rift Valley, the rainforests of Northern Thailand and the palace courtyards of Rajasthan, to name but a few. And there are many more DEDON journeys to come. But what exactly is a journey? At a moment when travel has been largely put on hold, the meaning of the word bears special consideration. We usually associate it with voyage, but not all trips are journeys — nor...

THE CALM OF THE CANYON “Nothing is hidden beneath the sun.” Leonardo da Vinci A belt of desert mountains, golden in the morning light. Down below, sandstone plains sculpted by steep-edged watercourses, long since dry. The sedimentary layers tell a story that begins a billion years ago, maybe more. It is a majestic landscape, the grandeur amplified by an almost reverent sense of calm. Except for the occasional bird, the only movements are those of the ripples in the pool, the flames in the fire pit and the slow-rolling clouds to the east. Wüstenberge, golden im Morgenlicht. Sandsteinebenen,...

LOON, MBRACE, IZON, RILLY, SEALINE

“From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back. That is the point that must be reached.” Franz Kafka SEALINE DALA, PORCINI

DALA THE OTHERS, KIDA

The journey here was long, but it doesn’t end just because you have arrived. It simply takes a different form. It becomes a journey of the mind now, a journey of the imagination. From this outpost of concrete, glass and steel, carved into ancient rock, there is nowhere you can’t go. But first, how about a dip in the pool? Die Reise hierhin war lang, aber sie endet nicht mit der Ankunft. Sie nimmt eine andere Form an und wird zu einer Reise in die eigene Fantasie. Eine Reise zu sich selbst. Kein Ort ist unerreichbar. Und jetzt — ein Sprung in den Pool? MBRACE KIDA, THE OTHERS

Carved over millions of years, canyons are ancient formations that tell stories of seismic proportions. DEDON Fiber takes considerably less time to create, though it too tells a story—one of durability, weatherability and luxurious handcraftsmanship. Über Jahrmillionen von Wasser, Eis oder Lava geformt berichten Canyons von der bewegten Geschichte unserer Erde. Die Entwicklung und Herstellung der DEDON Faser benötigt zwar deutlich weniger Zeit, aber auch sie erzählt Geschichten: von Haltbarkeit, von Witterungsbeständigkeit und luxuriöser Handwerkskunst.

THE ESSENCE OF ARIDITY “The skillful traveller leaves no traces of his wheels or footsteps.” Tao Te Ching Baked earth. Open skies. And all around you, virgin scrubland as far as the eye can see. Chaparral and twisted juniper. Desert saltbush. Cholla cactus. Yucca brevifolia, its naked limbs outstretched to the sun. You survey the crags and bluffs and jagged outcrops that lend their forms to the low horizon. It is a landscape shaped by eons. At sunset, a desert wind picks up, carrying the musky scent of the creosote bush into camp. The temperature has dropped with the sun, but only when the...

TIBBO MBRACE

“I wondered much what motive Nature could have had in twisting the roots and branches of the trees into such strange fantastic contortions.” Mary Seacole MBRACE ORBIT

“Who knows the flower best? The one who reads about it in a book? Or the one who finds it wild on the mountainside?” Alexandra David-Néel MBRACE, DALA

SEAX, TIBBO Eventually, the talking fades. The fire crackles no more. The night is chill and calm. You lie back on your blanket, soft on the desert sand, and contemplate the stars, brighter and more plentiful than you have ever seen them before. Irgendwann verstummt die Unterhaltung. Das Feuer knistert nicht mehr. Die Nacht ist kühl und ruhig. Weit zurückgelehnt schweift der Blick in den Himmel, wo die Sterne heller und zahlreicher als je zuvor erscheinen.

With extreme temperatures and little rainfall, arid landscapes are wide, open and unique. DEDON offers durable fabric and fiber styles—each with its own distinctive structure—that meld easily into these ancient places, accentuating the beauty of the setting through subtle shades and tones. Extreme Temperaturen und wenig Niederschlag bestimmen die einmalige Gestalt arider Landschaften. Neben einer ausgezeichneten Beständigkeit gegenüber extremen Witterungsbedingungen überzeugt DEDONs Stoff- und Faserportfolio durch die Vielfalt an Strukturen und Stilen. Mit ihren subtilen Schattierungen...

“Wander but a few paces from the encampment, and listen in the profound of the solitude to the low and melancholy sigh of the night wind, which sweeps the light surface of the sand.” W. H. Bartlett

THE WARMTH OF EARTHY REDS “The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new lands but in seeing with new eyes.” Marcel Proust On the road out of Marrakesh, the snow-capped Atlas Mountains are always in your gaze. But as you enter Ourika Valley, it’s the terrain all around you that grabs the eye. Ochre, terracotta, blood orange, salmon pink—the land is awash with color, earthy reds offset by the nuanced greens of cypress and olive, Atlas cedar and Moroccan fir. As you ascend, the undulating hills give way to rocky slopes. Vegetation thins. But the earthy reds remain. You pass Berber...

Over a ridge and around the bend of one such village, the Jbel Toubkal comes into view. Patched with snow against a clear blue sky, it’s still many days away, at least by this route. But you’re in no hurry. You never came for the destination. You’re here for the journey. Hinter einem Bergrücken erhebt sich der in Schnee gehüllte Jbel Toubkal vor einem klaren, blauen Himmel. Er ist noch viele Reisetage entfernt. Doch das Ziel ist nicht bedeutend, allein die Reise ist wichtig. MBRACE, PORCINI