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  • Sandhelden and Archisource 3D print sand trophies for drawing competition

    Bavarian manufacturer Sandhelden has created four 3D-printed trophies made from locally sourced quartz sand from Bavaria, Germany, for a drawing competition by design and architecture collective Archisource. More

    Anna Marks | 10 March 2022 | Leave a comment
  • Zihao Fang designs anti-desertification vessel based on termite mounds

    Parsons School of Design graduate Zihao Fang has developed Aquastor, a biodegradable vessel designed to fight the spread of deserts that's made using only readily available local resources. More

    Jennifer Hahn | 24 November 2021 | Leave a comment
  • Ruben van Megen's Sandcastles homeware references childhood memories

    Ruben van Megen invites users to co-create the Sandcastles homeware, which is launching for the VDF x Ventura Projects collaboration. More

    Lizzie Crook | 29 April 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Fictive Erosion furniture uses sand casting to mimic natural rock formation process

    Swedish designer Kajsa Melchior has created a collection of furniture and lighting with organic silhouettes, shaped like geologic formations using pressure, water and air. More

    Jennifer Hahn | 12 February 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Chris Precht and Arthur Mamou-Mani use sand to 3D print pavilion in Saudi Arabia

    Precht and Mamou-Mani Architects have completed a sustainable sand-printed installation called Sandwaves in Diryah, Saudi Arabia. More

    Lizzie Crook | 20 January 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Artist Leandro Erlich creates sand-covered traffic jam on Miami beach

    Argentinian artist Leandro Erlich has created sand-covered sculptures of 66 cars and trucks, which he has arranged to resemble a traffic jam on Miami Beach in a bid to raise awareness of the climate-change crisis. More

    Eleanor Gibson | 4 December 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Studio Ayaskan designs clock that rakes sand to illustrate the ripples of time

    London design duo Studio Ayaskan has created a clock, which rakes sand in hypnotic, concentric circles to mark the passage of time. More

    Jennifer Hahn | 5 October 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Dimore Gallery presents metallic Gabriella Crespi furniture amongst sand dunes

    Produced for Milan's Dimore Gallery, seven pieces of furniture by the late artist Gabriella Crespi are installed them among piles of sand for an exhibition called Visioni. More

    Augusta Pownall | 13 April 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Ment designs tableware for Snøhetta's Under restaurant using local sand

    Norwegian design studio Ment has created handcrafted tableware for Snøhetta's recently completed underwater restaurant in Norway using sand and minerals taken from the surrounding coast. More

    Natashah Hitti | 2 April 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Katie Paterson invites UK public to build sand mountains

    Bioplastic buckets in the shape of mountains will be distributed across 25 UK beaches this summer as part of a participatory art project by artist Katie Paterson. More

    Ali Morris | 2 April 2019 | Leave a comment
  • New material made from desert sand could offer low-carbon alternative to concrete

    A team of scientists in the UK have developed a biodegradable construction material made from desert sand – a resource that has until now been useless for construction. More

    India Block | 24 March 2018 | Leave a comment
  • Sand becomes "increasingly scarce and expensive", threatening glassmaking and construction

    A symposium taking place at Dutch Design Week later this month will discuss the rapid depletion of the world's sand reserves, which could leave supplies of the high-quality sand used in the glass industry exhausted within 20 years. More

    Marcus Fairs | 11 October 2017 | 6 comments
  • Atelier NL calls for sand samples from all over the world to make region-specific glass

    Design studio Atelier NL is calling on people to send them sand from around the world for a project they will present as ambassadors at this year's Dutch Design Week. More

    Rima Sabina Aouf | 18 July 2017 | Leave a comment
  • Jon McTaggart forms sand bowls using robot-injected resin

    These bowls are formed by a robot that injects paths of resin into sand-filled containers, forming solidified objects that are then dug out like ancient artefacts (+ movie). More

    Alice Morby | 12 June 2015 | Leave a comment
  • Patterns of sand shift over time in Frida Escobedo's installation for Aesop

    Layers of sand that resemble a mountainous landscape will gradually move and change shape for the duration of this installation by Mexican architect Frida Escobedo for skincare brand Aesop's New York pop-up shop. More

    Alyn Griffiths | 21 March 2014 | 1 comment
  • Stools made of sand and urine by Peter Trimble

    Edinburgh College of Art student Peter Trimble has built a portable machine for manufacturing furniture from sand, urine and bacteria (+ slideshow). More

    Matt Hussey | 8 February 2014 | 4 comments
  • Gijs van Bon's Skryf machine "writes poems on the ground with sand"

    Dezeen and MINI World Tour: in this movie filmed at Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven, artist Gijs van Bon shows us his machine called Skryf, which prints a trail of sand behind it to form letters on the ground.  More

    Benedict Hobson | 29 January 2014 | 13 comments
  • A pile of sand marks the entrance to Design Miami

    Design Miami 2013: giant mound of sand appears to support an aluminium roof at New York studio Formlessfinder's Tent Pile installation outside this year's Design Miami fair, which opens to the public today (+ slideshow). More

    Dan Howarth | 4 December 2013 | 4 comments
  • Design Miami pavilion to feature a pile of sand

    Design Miami 2013: the entrance pavilion for the Design Miami collectors' fair in December will comprise a mound of sand with an aluminium roof perched on top. More

    Amy Frearson | 3 October 2013 | 4 comments
  • Master Plan by Chad Wright

    Californian designer Chad Wright has made a sandcastle mould of a typical American house to recreate post-war suburbia on the beach (+ slideshow). More

    Dan Howarth | 20 June 2013 | 1 comment
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