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- Re3 glass blocks from waste glass can be dry-stackedThe project Re3 Glass by Telesilla Bristogianni and Faidra Oikonomopoulou of Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands introduces a reversible building system comprising…
- Examples of Swedish glass designIn a project called Transparency, master students from Lund University School of Industrial Design developed glass products, with a focus on the use of…
- World’s first bridge with glass columns strong enough to hold student partyGlass is an amazing sustainable material that can be recycled endlessly, without degrading. In construction, glass is mostly used for buildings, for instance in…
- 3D printing with glass filament at homeIn the past years, 3D printers have become affordable enough that people can have them at home. The development of filaments has gone just…
- The Materials Behind This Ethereal Floating Glass Stair + SkylightOverlooking the side of Hong Kong Island, this stand-alone glass staircase and skylight within a two-floor apartment appears to float between the walls of…
- Bottle-Up: What if Glass Waste Could Become a Valuable Asset In Zanzibar?WHAT IF...glass waste on Zanzibar could become a valuable asset? That is the question a team of Dutch designers is taking on as part…
- All-glass Facade Continues to Sparkle in AmsterdamLast week, the Crystal Houses located on Amsterdam’s P.C.Hooftstraat generated much excitement thanks to this Chanel flagship store’s facade of clear glass brick. Following…
- Breakthrough in Glass 3D PrintingG3DP is a new additive manufacturing platform designed to 3D print optically transparent glass with incredible accuracy. Designed by a team at MIT called…
- Curved glass on a rollGlass is a curious material. It is well understood by technologists, designers and the general public, yet it is constantly undergoing refinement, technological advancement…
- Super tough glass inspired by shellsImagine a glass that doesn’t break, but merely bends on impact. This may seem too good to be true. But after studying mollusc shells,…
- Electrochromic glassImagine buildings constructed entirely in glass. Now imagine the summer heat, then the wintry cold. Unpleasant conditions – especially at height, when windows can’t…
- Tiffany Façade Beijing Showcases Sculptural Glass and Recycled DesignThe Tiffany & Co. flagship store in Beijing’s Taikoo Li Sanlitun district features a façade made up of vertically arranged glass fins. Designed by…
- Ancient Glassmaking Technique Improves Processing of Gas-Trapping MOF GlassesResearchers have developed a new way to make metal-organic framework (MOF) glass easier to produce. The method uses principles from traditional glassmaking. As a…
- New state of matter: liquid glassA team of researchers from the University of Konstanz, Germany, discovered a new state of matter of glass: liquid glass. While glass may seem…
- Blue glass made from invasive mussel speciesA group of researchers from College of Creative Studies in Detroit, USA, developed blue glass made from two types of invasive mussel species. Invasive…
- Objects made from production waste of glass beadsCzech designer Sára Matysová used the waste material of the production of Preciosa’s glass beads. Czech glass and bead manufacturer Preciosa uses glass sand…
- Zandglas: glass objects made from local sandThe glass industry only uses pure white sands, which can only be found in a small number of sand quarries worldwide. In order to…
- Liquid glassIf the sight of gently waving water calms you, you’ll find this glass development very soothing. This glass, called Lasvit Liquidkristal, is produced with…
- Lights made of conductive glassFor her project Ctenphora, French designer Lucie Le Guen explored the possibility of incorporating electrical circuits into glass, making the electrical wires part of…
- Human/machine collaboration to 3D print glassGlass is one of the oldest artificially made materials and still widely used. Like many other materials, it is possible to 3D print the…
- Paris Loft Blurs The Edges With GlassSitting on the top two floors by Paris’s place de la Madeleine, this 140 m2 (1500 ft2) residence by Ateliers Michael Herrmann was created…
- China’s Daring Glass & Steel Suspension BridgeThe longest all-glass suspension bridge in the world has now opened in China’s Shiniuzhai National Park in the Hunan Province. The ‘Brave Man’s Bridge,’…
- 3D glass sculpturesLayered glass can really make design stand out. These sculptural works use layers of 2D images to create a 3D piece of material artistry.…
- Tapestries made of fired glass fibresWith her project ‘Soft Silica’, designer Sarah Roseman experiments with glass fibre textile, turning the material into intricate structures after firing. Roseman uses glass…
