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A World of Sand

It was collective: Atelier NL and designed by Lonny van Ryswyck and Nadine Sterk. It is dated 2010-ongoing. Its medium is colored glass installation, collector's box, selection of sand samples, zandglas vessels, video. It is a part of the Exhibitions department.

Connections across geography and geology are at the heart of the ongoing project A World of Sand. Inviting people to share samples of sand from all over the world, Atelier NL creates a compendium of linked objects—from glass vessels made by firing the sand to careful recordings of sand and glass samples—uniting objects, people, places, and materials via an interactive website.

It is credited Courtesy of Atelier NL.

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Nature—Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial.

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