From childhood, a happy time bursting with lollipop flavours, candy-coloured dreams… Memories were transparent, colourful and bright as jewels. A completely care-free atmosphere, like colourful glass marbles...
The traditional glass marble stands as an archetypical object that could captivate nostalgic adults as well as children in the time of Nintendo and toy marketing. The marble represents a common link : generations of kids have plunged eyes-wide-open into its microcosm. For today’s child, the marble reinforces the mysteries of a miniature world; it is an invitation to dream, the precious sound of the hand rummaging in the bottom of a bag of marbles, a jewel that can be exchanged, touched, counted, a social game that can never be virtual… The material also offers an educational element: the glass represents longevity in a consumer society where everything is discarded.
