Outside the box

10/24/19 • 13 min

Artist and photographer Vik Muniz is famous for his use of materials that run the gamut from diamonds to chocolate. He speaks to us about how unconventional tools and collaborators have inspired his art – and what he thinks about the pragmatism of US design.

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