The Hourglass from Ikepod on Vimeo.
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Showing posts with label hourglass. Show all posts
Monday, April 25, 2011
The Hourglass by Marc Newson
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My friend Scott Newlin sent me this video showing the making of one of Marc Newson’s latest projects for Ikepod. The Australian designer revisits the design of the most memorable timepiece—the hourglass. The video is directed by Philip Andleman with music by Philip Glass. It’s stunning. The video documents the creation of the Newson’s hourglass inside the Glaskeller factory in Basel, Switzerland.
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When technique is sparked with imagination, it can lead to the creation of something wondrous — akin to a new life form. And while such beauty may appear chaotic, or even random, it is supported by a scaffolding of rigor, training, and discipline.
I stumble across many such iterations of rational beauty in the course of my workday, as well as far beyond the boundaries of my studio walls. And as often happens in life, sometimes the back story, the footnote, and the allusion turn out to be more compelling than the original subject. Such is life.
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