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GlassLAB is a unique mobile hot glass studio and stage, designed by HAIGHArchitects and the Corning Museum of Glass to ship and deploy at GlassLAB installations worldwide, it features modular glass making equipment that utilize minimal power requirements and efficient energy consumption. GlassLAB offers designers a rare opportunity to work with master glass technicians to realise rapidly prototyped concepts in glass.


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Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum 2008


The annual GlassLAB installations are designed as flexible design performance stages. Utilizing the ultralight portable hot glass equipment, each venue is configured to maximize the variety glass making processes on hand. In 2008,  Design Performance sessions were presented in the garden of the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in New York. For these sessions a prototypical GlassLAB stage was developed in a converted international shipping container.

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DesignMIAMI/2007/2008


Presented at designMiami/2007/2008 the GlassLAB installations were staged in Oak Plaza in the Miami Design District. A custom designed tensile overhead canopy structure, fabricated from carbon fiber reinforced polyester, defined the main stage area. Acting as a light baffle, multicolored effects were projected during night performances. View a video of the design performances.


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Vitra Design Museum 2010 : Weil Am Rhein, Germany


The GlassLAB installation at the Vitra Design Museum during artBasel2010 marked the inaugural international installation of the new GlassLAB container/stage/canopy. Adjacent the museum entrance, Design Performance sessions were presented by a roster of international designers.View a video of Paul Haigh's 'gravity' glass performance.

GlassLAB is a collaboration between The Corning Museum of Glass and the Vitra Design Museum.


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