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Tech From Here: NL · Dutch Design Week 2026

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The workTHE BALL COLLECTION (MTR Studio, Mor Tamir Rapoport), on the Dutch Design Week 2026 programme ddw.nl

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Images, slide by slide

Slide 1
A group of ceramic spheres in sand, rust and cream tones on a beige floor, two of them stacked into short columns, all with swirling marksPhoto: Ziv Toledano / MTR StudioMuseum or journal record
Slide 2
Close view of the top of a cream ceramic sphere with a dark round opening, covered in brown and gray marbled flow linesPhoto: Ziv Toledano / MTR StudioMuseum or journal record
Slide 3
Diagram of a ceramic sphere cut in half: a thick clay wall with brown flow marks, labeled raw and matte outside, a thin clear glaze layer inside, and color from the clay itselfImage: RN Collins studio, code-drawn. Checked against MTR Studio, DDW press kit 2177, Material Movement (source line drawn on the graphic)Museum or journal record
Slide 4
Dark gray and cream marbled ceramic spheres of many sizes scattered on a pale floor, the largest one at the backPhoto: Ziv Toledano / MTR StudioMuseum or journal record
Slide 5
Close view of stacked ceramic spheres in cream, rust and brown with marbled swirls, beside a larger rust and brown spherePhoto: Ziv Toledano / MTR StudioMuseum or journal record
Slide 6
Two stacked columns of ceramic spheres, one taller with larger balls in sand, rust and brown, on a beige studio floorPhoto: Ziv Toledano / MTR StudioMuseum or journal record
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Celestial globe in a wooden stand, Rijksmuseum (NG-50)Frame: Rijksmuseum, PD, croppedMuseum or journal record

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