BOND — The story behind the collection

Sand is the most used raw material on Earth after air and water. Most of it becomes concrete — the material cities, bridges and foundations are built from.

Sand and concrete are inseparable. Which makes concrete an honest material for a collection built on sand from every nation on Earth.

What is embedded in the concrete

Every BOND piece contains sand gathered from 195+ nations. Collected over several years, through persistence — repeated requests, waiting, asking again— and contacts across the world.
1,000+ people across the world made it possible. Every nation on Earth is in.

Collecting sand across the world is not straightforward. In many places, it is restricted or prohibited. The gathering followed local rules and required persistence — asking, waiting, asking again.

The sand is not separated by origin. It is mixed directly into the concrete itself, bound into the material, present in every piece.

Not a symbol of global connection. A material form of it.

What “every nation” means

The base is the full UN framework — 193 member states plus 2 observer states. Beyond that, sand from places widely regarded as nations by the people who live there and by many others around the world: Taiwan, Kosovo, Western Sahara and others.

Yes — North Korea is in there. The Vatican too. Every single one.

Each piece also contains sand from a small number of additional locations — extreme points, sites of historical significance, places chosen for what happened there rather than where they are. Some are documented in Sand Origins. Others remain part of what makes each piece what it is.

What the pieces hold

Each piece carries grains from every nation on Earth — invisible, structural, present in the material. Collected by 1,000+ people who each played their part.

The vast, held in structure. On your wrist. At your collar.

These are the final BOND pieces. When they are gone, this collection closes permanently.