Archive for the ‘glass’ Category

Crackle

Crackle
When French luxury jeweler Mauboussin approached the Rockwell Group to design its new store, the design firm selected Nathan Allan Glass Studios Inc. to create a unique architectural decor element. The challenge was to make a statement without overwhelming the high-end merchandise it would showcase....
August 27th, 2010 | feature, glass | Read More

KiloLux

KiloLux
KiloLux is a monolithic glass block with the appearance of a laminate produced by thermally bonding glass at low temperatures. Wales-based Innovative Glass Products Ltd. developed the material for inclusion in building facades as a light-emitting decorative element. Because no adhesive is used to manufacture...
May 28th, 2010 | feature, glass | Read More

Northern Lights

Northern Lights
Northern Lights is a glass product that can change its appearance due to a change in temperature. Human touch, a change in the ambient air temperature, hot or cold water, or any relatively warm or cool source will trigger a thermochromic response. Northern Lights material may be designed in any size...
January 22nd, 2010 | feature, glass | Read More

24K Blown Glass

24K Blown Glass
Suzan Etkin Enterprises combines refined metals with glass to create exotic material hybrids. Gold is fused to the glass in its molten state, allowed to cool, and then re covered with another layer of glass so that the gold is embedded in the material—creating objects with an internal glow. 24K Blown...
November 27th, 2009 | feature, glass | Read More

Luna

Luna
Luna is a unique cast glass building material that contains a phosphorescent chemical, absorbing light during the day and glowing for hours at night. Luna is manufactured using glass recycled from car windshields and is ideal for bar fronts, tops, feature walls, flooring applications, or any interior...
November 18th, 2009 | feature, glass | Read More

HoloPro

HoloPro
Originally developed at the Institute for Light and Building Technology, HoloPro is a transparent rear projection surface that is almost completely unaffected by surrounding ambient light, and may even be used in daylit environments. HoloPro consists of Holographic Optical Elements (HOE), which are exposed...
November 14th, 2009 | feature, glass | Read More

Bubble Glass

Bubble Glass
Developed by Penny Herscovitch and Dan Gottlieb, Bubble Glass contains perfect grids of tiny bubbles and a variety of bubble patterns. Bubble Glass originated during PadLAb’s 2004 architectural glass commission for a residence on the coast of Brazil. While attempting to create a colorful mesh pattern...
October 29th, 2009 | feature, glass | Read More

Kapilux

Kapilux
Kapilux is an insulating glass with an integrated capillary slab consisting of a large number of honeycomb-structured thin-walled transparent or white capillaries. This capillary slab can be integrated into different kinds of insulating glass, and it diffuses light effectively. Energy transmission, light...
October 24th, 2009 | glass | Read More

Stones

Stones
Tempered transparent glass is used in the construction industry for windows and other applications. Construction glass is often over-ordered to account for breakage during shipping and installation. Unused tempered glass from construction and renovation sites that cannot be processed any further often...
October 23rd, 2009 | feature, glass | Read More

Deco Wired Glass

Deco Wired Glass
Designed by Simone de Waart, Deco Wired Glass is safety glass reinforced with stainless steel wires knitted into decorative configurations. Because the wires are integrated with figured glass featuring a low-relief surface pattern, the three dimensional qualities of the material are intensified. The...
September 27th, 2009 | glass | Read More
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