CURIOSITIES: The shoe fits, and it’s made of glass

FILED UNDER: Curiosities, Design

Thursday April 5, 2012 | by Andrew Page

CURIOSITIES: Google’s “Project Glass” does away with the touchscreen

FILED UNDER: Curiosities, Design, News

A model displays a pair of lens-free glasses with an onboard microphone and data screen in the first glimpse of Google’s ambitious Project Glass initiative that is a bid to leapfrog touch-screens with a wearable device.

Friday March 30, 2012 | by laguiri

CURIOSITIES: Uranium glass chandeliers mark anniversary of Japan’s nuclear disaster

FILED UNDER: Curiosities, Exhibition, New Work

Ken + Julia Yonetani, Crystal Palace: The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nuclear Nations, 2012. courtesy: nkv

Sunday February 26, 2012 | by Anna Tatelman

An attempt to map out the increasingly complex world of glass art

FILED UNDER: Curiosities, New Work

Diagram of Glass in the Expanded Field. Jerome Harrington & staff/students of Glass department at Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam

Monday January 2, 2012 | by ktmo5678

A solar-powered, 3-D printing, glass-making machine blooms in the fierce heat of the Sahara desert

FILED UNDER: Curiosities, Design, New Work, News

The barren Sahara desert is an unlikely setting for the creation of cutting-edge artwork, but German artist Markus Kayser has found it the perfect place to make solar-powered glass from arid sand. image courtesy of the artist

Monday November 21, 2011 | by laguiri

Glass Curiosities: Massive Crystal Star Tops Christmas Tree in Rockefeller Center

FILED UNDER: Curiosities, News

The star arrived at Rockefeller Center on Nov. 16. courtesy: swarovski. photo: diane bondareff/insider images.

Monday September 12, 2011 | by laguiri

Glass Curiosities: California beach covered in sea glass as waves turn trash to treasure

FILED UNDER: Curiosities

Fort Bragg's Glass Beach is home to thousands of pieces of sea glass. photo: Lisa D. Walker

Monday July 18, 2011 | by Jason Gutierrez

Rik Allen Boldly Goes Where No Glass Artist Has Gone Before

FILED UNDER: Curiosities, Design, New Work, News

Rik Allen, Starship Enterprise, 2011.

Tuesday March 15, 2011 | by laguiri

Glass Curiosities: Furnace Eel is a rarefied holiday tradition in Murano

FILED UNDER: Curiosities

With just three ingredients, you can roast this effortless eel dish in a furnace like glassblowers do in Murano. courtesy: travel channel

Monday February 28, 2011 | by Kim Harty

DESIGN: Lighting by Lindsey Adelman takes over Soho display windows

FILED UNDER: Curiosities, New Work

A configuration of Catch featured on the Adelman's website. photo: joseph de leo