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Glory Hole
Photography courtesy of Corning Museum of Glass
GlassLAB ⁄
Corning Museum of Glass
& Vitra Design Museum
Participating designers
Constantin and Laurene Boym ⁄
Campana Brothers ⁄ Paul Haigh ⁄
Sigga Heimis ⁄
GlassLAB brings the ancient processes
and skills of glassmaking together
with the creative and innovative minds
of the design world. Contemporary
designers, working with the Corning
Museum of Glass glassmakers in a
unique mobile hot glass studio, will
have a rare opportunity to use the
immediacy of hot glassmaking as a
catalyst for innovation and invention.
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Constantin and Laurene Boym, the
Campana Brothers, Paul Haigh, and
Sigga Heimis will participate in design
performances to push the boundaries
of design exploration, rapidly
prototyping their design concepts
using glass.
Collaborations between Corning
Museum of Glass and Vitra Design
Museum at CIRECA ⁄ Boibuchet
(a summer design workshop organized
by Vitra Design Museum and Centre
Georges Pompidou) served as the
catalyst for GlassLAB, which debuts at
Design Miami ⁄ 07.
Corning Museum of Glass is home
to the world’s most comprehensive
collection of art and history in glass,
spanning more than 3,500 years.
A leader in education, research and
scholarship for glass, the Museum
brings the material to life through live
glassblowing demonstrations and
workshops, as well as residency
programs to train the next generation
of artists working in glass.