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Video of Why Marc Newson Made This Stunning $12,000 Hourglass
By Rain Noe - May 25, 2017
It takes a lot for me to be absolutely smitten by an object, but this is it. Marc Newson, in collaboration with Hodinkee, sought out hard-to-find craftsmen to create this stunning, tactile, ultra-designed hourglass. If that sounds frivolous to you, I'd ask you not to pre-judge, and just watch why and how they created it:
Rain Noe
Rain Noe is a writer and industrial designer based in New York City.
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