HUMANS SINCE 1982, SOLIDNATURE, AND BIG LAUNCH A LIMITED SERIES OF KINETIC TIMEPIECES

BIG has collaborated with artist studio Humans since 1982 and stone supplier SolidNature on a new series of kinetic timepieces, first unveiled during 3daysofdesign at BIG’s Copenhagen headquarters for the Materialism exhibition. The series consists of two editions, A Million Times 96 and ClockClock 24, crafted from Sunset Dune Travertine – a stone handpicked by Bjarke Ingels for its layered geological character. Drawing on Humans since 1982’s choreographed clock grids, the travertine surface becomes a living canvas where millennia meet minutes. Each piece is hand-assembled in Stockholm using the studio’s proprietary technology. “The fact that stones – especially sedentary and even metamorphic rocks are like geological calendars, each stratum like a date in a ledger, makes it a beautiful natural illustration of the concept of time. The two coming together – technology and geology, Minutes, Hours and Millenia – seems like inevitability.” – Bjarke Ingels, Founder & Creative Director, BIG