DESIGN: Australia’s greenest skyscraper has a highly energy-efficient glass skin

FILED UNDER: Architecture, Design, News

The curving glass walls of the soaring interior atrium of 1Bligh, Australia's most energy-efficient building designed by the architecture firms of Ingenhoven + Architectus. photo: h.g. esch, hennef

Friday February 3, 2012 | by ktmo5678

Don’t Look Down: Scary glass tourist attractions test the strength of the material—and your st

FILED UNDER: Design, News

The booted feet of the author and her father feigning bravery on The Ledge of the Sears Tower: photo: katharine morales

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

Saturday December 31, 2011 | by Andrew Page

SEEN: A new design gallery in New York melds minimalism with the organic

FILED UNDER: Design, Exhibition, New Work, News, Seen

A newly opened East Village design boutique fills its narrow space with design objects, many from glass, that is both affordable and contemporary, featuring work from up-and-coming designers. photo: nora wolf

Friday November 4, 2011 | by Ruth Reader

DESIGN: The Veronese Vase revisited

FILED UNDER: Design

Paolo Veronese, The Annunciation, 1578. Oil on canvas. H 110, W 117 in. collection: accademia gallerie, venice.

Wednesday October 19, 2011 | by Ruth Reader

RIT design students get a crash course in glass with input from The Corning Museum

FILED UNDER: Design, Education

The presentation of student designs at the first year of Metaproject, an RIT program that gives design students a chance to engage professionals from the design industry.

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.

Friday July 15, 2011 | by Andrew Page

DESIGN: Gordon Huether’s mountains and river of glass redefine Northern California hospital

FILED UNDER: Design, New Work

The approach to the John Muir Medical Center, a community hospital in Contra Costa County, California, is redefined with the addition of glass elements referencing the natural landscape.

Tuesday June 21, 2011 | by laguiri

DESIGN: New exhibition celebrates 100 years of the iconic power of designer Kaj Franck (1911-1989)

FILED UNDER: Design, Events, Exhibition

Kaj Franck, Goblets, 1969. Blown glass. photo: rauno träskelin / designmuseo

Monday June 13, 2011 | by laguiri

DESIGN: Reclaimed glass makes a comeback as eco-chic glassware, jewelry, and home furnishings

FILED UNDER: Design

BottleHood’s Jack Daniel’s table lamp retails for $100 and is mounted on a recycled wine barrel stave. courtesy: BottleHood