New York–based artist Daniel Arsham gets a thrill from decay—the inevitable decline of ordinary objects. His works consist of eroded casts of human figures or cameras, radios, guitars, or teddy bears. He calls them future relics, or fossilized artifacts. Inevitably, his creativity has made Arsham, 42, a hot commodity. A recent collaboration with Hublot, called , resulted in a 20-meter sundial made entirely of ice and snow that was installed (with the help of a team of professional snowmakers) at the top of a ski slope in Zermatt. And for those of you thinking of a chocolate teapot right now, that is, of course,
