“Humans are atmospheric beings, particles, dust, in intimate cycles of exchange, actors with an incredible force. We need to become attuned actors with a deeper understanding of all the other particles.”
We live on a small, fragile dot—our Earth.
Studio Dust, founded by Annemarie Piscaer, presents her projects, experiments, and material-based design research, with dust as both material and metaphor. From dust to dust expresses the studio’s philosophy: everything originates from dust and eventually returns to it, highlighting circularity and interconnectedness.
A single particle may seem insignificant, yet in accumulation a dust cloud can have profound impact. As it moves, loses, and gains particles, its form and identity constantly shift. Is it still the same cloud? Dust makes invisible forces visible: light, air, and movement. It can disrupt and destroy, yet it also holds the potential for new life due to the microbes it carries. After destruction, dust enables new growth. Through dust, Studio Dust asks whether design can similarly reveal hidden forces, unsettle existing systems, and open space for alternatives.
Floating dust mirrors distant stars, collapsing vast differences in scale and reminding us that Earth itself is only a particle within the universe.
Pale Blue Dot, image taken by the Voyager 1 spacecraft, on February 14, 1990