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Studio Dust is a product design studio based in Rotterdam.
The studio has as a main focus to up-cycle industrial waste materials into products by using craftsmanship. It has a love for the materials textile and ceramic, and a fascination for the industrial waste: dust.
Dust is the consequence of making. Dust seems like worthless material, however the industry produces lots of it. This wortless material can be up-cycled by the use of craftsmanship.

Studio Dust is founded by Annemarie Piscaer. She graduated in 2004 at the design academy Eindhoven, with “beauty of the insignificant”; a series of rugs made from wool dust. Since then she in fascinated with the industrial waste dust, and up-cycling material. She worked during her internship at Studio Edelkoort Paris. She worked as a textile designer for the Cradle to Cradle company Desso. And she worked as an independent product designer based in Berlin and Rotterdam for several companies.

Studio Dust is een Rotterdamse ontwerp studio.
De studio heeft als focus om producten te ontwerpen en ontwikkelen gemaakt van industrieel afval. Waarbij het gebruik van ambachtelijke technieken een belangrijke rol speelt. Studio Dust heeft een voorliefde voor de materialen textiel en keramiek, en een fascinatie voor het industrieele afval fijnstof.
Stof is het gevolg van doen. Fijnstof lijkt een nietig en waardeloos materiaal, maar doordat de industrie er zo veel van produceert is het waardevol om als materiaal in te zetten.

Studio Dust is opgericht door Annemarie Piscaer. Ze is in 2004 afgestudeert aan the design academy Eindhoven, met een serie van karpetten gemaakt van het industriele afval wol-fijnstof. Sindsdien is ze gefascineert door fijnstof, en hoe dit als materiaal opgewaardeert kan worden tot nieuwe producten. Ze heeft stage gelopen bij Studio Edelkoort in Parijs, gewerkt bij het Cradle to Cradle bedrijf Desso als textiel ontwerper, en als free-lance product ontwerper in Berlijn en Rotterdam voor verschillende opdrachtgevers.

Collecting Dust

Movie created by Lily Higgins (intern for Studio Dust).
“I’m writing these words with dust. Though intangible in its nature, dust has the unique capability of making other intangible forces visible. Dust tells us the stories of human behavior and natural phenomena otherwise unseen. It allows us to see individual rays of light, as well as other invisible currents in both the air and water. Dust reminds us of both the presence and importance of these elements by quietly giving them a recognizable physical form. Dust tells invisible stories of behavior such as the passing of time and how often something is used; how much we love or neglect. Dust is evidence, dust tells secrets. If the whole world was covered in a thin layer of dust, we could see every movement, path, breath, and fingerprint; but this isn’t so far off from reality, because if something exists, dust has surely touched it’s surface. Dust discovered in the early stages of the universe built every star and planet. These humble particles are witness to every happening on earth and deep in the cosmos alike and illustrate movement on a scale from a silent corner in an abandoned attic, to a supernova explosion that outshines an entire distant galaxy. The dust that is left behind on earth by the human race might be the only evidence of our existence long after we’re gone. When the man-made world disintegrates and the last plastic bag breaks down into tiny particles, our mark on the earth will be summed up in dust. Perhaps we will be studied some distant day, and it will allow another form of intelligence to learn our stories. Dust is writing our biography as we speak. Will dust speak of us fondly? How do we want to be remembered through our dust? Will it tell of the progress we made and the genius of our technological triumphs? How quickly we evolved as a species with the power of our innovative human spirit? Or will our dust tell a narrative of recklessness, negligence, and greed? The latter would make more sense, seeing as we won’t be there anymore. Dust will tell an unbiased account of the toll we took on the planet, but perhaps there is still time to revise the story; to a tale of a species and the lightness and care with which they tread upon the earth.”