<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/6f0a1a0b-7077-4bab-b16c-628b0fd3eccc/4DCB3833-2FC3-4753-A5DD-B546DCD3780C/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.dezeen.com/2009/07/22/age-of-the-world-by-mathieu-lehanneur/" href="http://www.dezeen.com/2009/07/22/age-of-the-world-by-mathieu-lehanneur/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.dezeen.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dezeen.com/2009/07/22/age-of-the-world-by-mathieu-lehanneur/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.dezeen.com/img/CCD23ED8-BB1C-4098-B8E2-F821456B01BF" alt="Dezeen architecture and design magazine" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dezeen.com/2009/07/22/age-of-the-world-by-mathieu-lehanneur/"><H2 class="pagetitle"><A title="Permanent Link: Age of the World by Mathieu Lehanneur" rel="bookmark" href="http://www.dezeen.com/2009/07/22/age-of-the-world-by-mathieu-lehanneur/">Age of the World by Mathieu Lehanneur</A></H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dezeen.com/2009/07/22/age-of-the-world-by-mathieu-lehanneur/"><P>The Age of the World by Parisian designer <A href="http://www.mathieulehanneur.com/">Mathieu Lehanneur</A> is a set of jars and urns that each map the ages of the population in a given country. <SPAN id="more-35289"></SPAN></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dezeen.com/2009/07/22/age-of-the-world-by-mathieu-lehanneur/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.dezeen.com/img/109B7665-00EF-4C9E-9E6D-27763CB2A2FD" alt="age-of-the-world-by-mathieu-lehanneur-66.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dezeen.com/2009/07/22/age-of-the-world-by-mathieu-lehanneur/"><P>The ceramic containers are built up of 100 layers, each representing a year of life with birth at the bottom and death at the top.<EM> Above: Egypt  </EM></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dezeen.com/2009/07/22/age-of-the-world-by-mathieu-lehanneur/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.dezeen.com/img/43A89696-D60C-4C3A-93F1-CD3C3A15041C" alt="age-of-the-world-by-mathieu-lehanneur-77.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dezeen.com/2009/07/22/age-of-the-world-by-mathieu-lehanneur/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.dezeen.com/img/339F7A47-BBF2-4835-8975-2B087D5E0B31" alt="age-of-the-world-by-mathieu-lehanneur-99.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dezeen.com/2009/07/22/age-of-the-world-by-mathieu-lehanneur/"><P>The circumference of each level is dictated by the number of people of that age in the relevant country. <EM>Above: France</EM></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dezeen.com/2009/07/22/age-of-the-world-by-mathieu-lehanneur/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.dezeen.com/img/D2D8EF39-3803-4C29-B5F7-041CA51F9950" alt="age-of-the-world-by-mathieu-lehanneur-202.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dezeen.com/2009/07/22/age-of-the-world-by-mathieu-lehanneur/"><P>Birth is the base and death the apex of these enamelled terra cotta pagodas, whose contours change in phase with the age rings that translate life expectancy. From bottom to top there are 100 strata, shaped in solid or void, but the top end is always a sharp tip. What we have here is a fascinating twin-scope view of the state of living, a look at our own life-span in a sculptural surround view.<EM> Above: USA</EM></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dezeen.com/2009/07/22/age-of-the-world-by-mathieu-lehanneur/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.dezeen.com/img/0AB474DB-AE95-45C8-83AB-D6EA5583619E" alt="age-of-the-world-by-mathieu-lehanneur-11.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dezeen.com/2009/07/22/age-of-the-world-by-mathieu-lehanneur/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.dezeen.com/img/AC65DCDD-47A7-43E2-8DB8-A6A8F82F28A1" alt="age-of-the-world-by-mathieu-lehanneur-22.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dezeen.com/2009/07/22/age-of-the-world-by-mathieu-lehanneur/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.dezeen.com/img/1EBB420E-3531-48E0-AA3F-55BB4B487309" alt="age-of-the-world-by-mathieu-lehanneur-33.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dezeen.com/2009/07/22/age-of-the-world-by-mathieu-lehanneur/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.dezeen.com/img/75723D96-71C2-48A6-A025-832BE229388A" alt="lage-du-monde-08.jpg" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/4DCB3833-2FC3-4753-A5DD-B546DCD3780C/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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