Glass I
Following its invention in 2014, the process of molten glass 3d printing is developed and explored by an interdisciplinary team of designers, engineers, and scientists. An exhibition at the MIT Media Lab, later acquired by the Cooper Hewitt Design Museum and displayed as part of the Beauty exhibition in 2016, is the first series of glass sculptures created by the glass printing process. Forms inspired by traditional glass making techniques, digital shape primitives, and the emergent spaces between document an initial exploration of a digital glass design landscape. The development of the process is highlighted by a progression in fidelity across the series. Still, from the first examples, the striking optical character of the layered glass forms portrayed a new medium for design in the immateriality of light through glass.
Galleries: MIT Media Lab, Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum
05.2015 - 08.2016
An MIT Media Lab Project: Neri Oxman and The Mediated Matter Group
Project Team: John Klein, Michael Stern, Markus Kayser, Chikara Inamura, Shreya Dave, Giorgia Franchin, Daniel Lizardo, Peter Houk, and Professor Neri Oxman
Project Collaborators: Mary Ann Babula, P.T. Brun, Jeremy Flower, The Glass Art Society, MIT Center for Bits and Atoms, MIT Central Machine Shop, MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering, MIT Glass Lab, WYSS Institute at Harvard University, MIT Egerton Center, Rubix Composites, Skutt Kilns
image credits: Steven Keating, John Werner, Andy Ryan, The Mediated Matter Group