Marc Newson: Hourglass (20 Minutes) Kelly Reichardt and Li Shangyin (813–858 CE)

and Li Shangyin (813–858 CE)

among works of the preceding decades

James DePasquale

The motif is based on the artist’s initial design for his Murakami

When the hourglass is inverted

Marc Newson: Hourglass (20 Minutes) Kelly Reichardt and Li Shangyin (813–858 CE)Marc Newson has collaborated with the Swiss company HG Timepiece to create his iconic Hourglass timepiece in a twenty minute version, complementing other precision timers he has designed. This hourglass is all about time, but in a more esoteric and fundamental way. I was thinking of having fun with time, said Newson. Handblown from a single piece of nonreflective 5 millimeter thick Cavalier borosilicate glass, the instruments manufacture relies on