マーク・ニューソンがデザインした究極の砂時計は、石庭のようにも見える。しかし砂にしか見えない小さな粒､実は「ステンレスで出来たナノボール」だ。

また世界中のマーク・コレクターが、これを購入するんでしょうね。10分計と60分計があります。ちなみに僕は、このメーカーではないが60分計の砂時計を使っています。会社のミーティングなどで会議の時間の経過を時計を見ることなく行え便利です。

The Hourglass from Ikepod on Vimeo.

この時計は、Ikepod（http://www.ikepod.com/）の為にデザインされたもので、スイス・バーゼルの洗練されたガラス職人によって製作されました。まるで石庭の様な砂時計です。正確には砂時計ではなく、Stainless Steel Nanoball時計らしいです。

colette（http://www.colette.fr/#/eshop/article/30653886/ikepod-mini-hourglass-hgss80/739/）にて販売中です。

http://www.nowness.com/day/2011/4/14/designer-marc-newson-for-ikepod

Marc Newson’s latest creation for Ikepod sees the Australian designer interpret the most iconic timepiece of all: The Hourglass. Director Philip Andelman traveled to Basel, Switzerland, to document the designer's modern take of the classic hourglass inside the Glaskeller factory. Each hand made hourglass comprises highly durable borosilicate glass and millions of stainless steel nanoballs, and is available in a 10 or 60 minute timer.

Marc Newson for Ikepod

Director Philip Andelman Documents the Designer's Modern Take On the Classic Hourglass

Marc Newson’s latest creation for contemporary watch brand Ikepod sees the Australian super-designer interpret the most iconic timepiece of all: the hourglass. Today’s short captures its development in a film by NOWNESS contributor Philip Andelman, the director behind music videos for Beyoncé, Jay-Z and Band of Horses. “The hourglass is ancient, just like the wheel,” Newson muses. “It embodies the quintessence of time.” Andelman spent two days at the GlasKeller factory in Basel filming the arduous craftsmanship behind the piece; each model requires a day to make, comprises highly durable borosilicate glass and thousands of metallurgical nanoballs, and is available in a ten- or 60-minute version. “I was surprised by the malleability of the glass; how they could bend and mold something that seems so strong yet so fragile,” Andelman says. “There are so many paradoxes at play, and I found that really poetic.”