Best of #glass

A selection of the projects posted on Domus Web  that combine a raw and fragile material as glass with technology or artisan excellence.

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Transparent or colored, opaque or translucent, handicraft or high-tech, glass fascinates artists and designers.
This week Domus Web presents a selection of the most interesting projects that challenge the possibilities of this material, explore its tradition or are carried away by its suggestions.

Between tradition and innovation, the Wonderglass range of crystal chandeliers combine glass with LED technology and fine craftsmanship, whilst Water Balloon Rom is an installation born from the collaboration of Torafu Architects with a glass artist where each light bulb is made by hand using glass recycled from fluorescent lamps.

Recycled glass has been used also by Coma Studio, that made its mission to bring exquisite works in glass back to life: “Lace” is the result of a combination of salvaged 50s Murano glass and LED lights. LED and glass are used toghether also by Tokujin Yoshioka for Wings of Sparkle: a wall of 23,000 Swarovski hexagon with 250,000 LEDs, emulating shimmering reflections of light.
Distinctly innovative, Tex Glass, developed by Nya Nordiska in cooperation with Glassolutions, Saint-Gobain, processes selected textile designs laminating the textile film between special cleaned and extra clear diamond glass.

Canadian designer Guillaume Sasseville, instead, draws inspiration from Austrian glassmakers for his Verre Commun project, a collection of glass tumbler in the English style and Margaux Keller choose the craftsmanship for Les Pescadous, a collection of handmade glass bottles with a fishing float used as a lid top designed for Roche Bobois.

In the collection Still designed for Lobmeyr, Formafantasma combines glass and copper to create a magical alchemy that trasforms into a ritual an ordinary everyday gesture such as the purification of tap water; whilst Roos Gomperts’ project Foam & Glass brings together foam and glass, two materials that are visually and physically opposites, highlighting their relationship.

 

Top: Torafu Architects, Water Balloon Room, Konica Minolta Plaza, Tokyo

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