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With the support of the Culture Programme of the European Union
Graphic design : kidnap your designer / Development : bien à vous
WHEN? 12 - 16 SeptemberWHERE? Nuutajärvi Glass Village (FI)
PARTNER? Iittala
The village is the home of the largest community of independent glass designers and glassblowers with their own hotshops, studios and galleries.
In addition, Iittala Group’s Nuutajärvi Glass Factory, specialized in the company’s glass products requiring the most handcrafted manufacturing processes, is located in this village.
The National Board of Antiquities has listed Nuutajärvi as one of the nationally important built cultural environments. The decorative buildings of the village dating back to the mid 19th century and designed by G.Th. Chiewitz, the most famous architect of his time, are still in active use. The museum owned by the Design Museum of the glass factory is located in a former brewery. The brewery was converted into a museum under the leadership of Artist Professor Kaj Franck.
Alfredo Häberli
Alfredo Häberli (CH)
www.alfredo-haeberli.com
Stabiles, Alfredo Häberli for Alias, 2009
Alfredo Collection, Alfredo Häberli for Georg Jensen, 2011
Origo, Alfredo Häberli for Iittala, 1999
Essence, Alfredo Häberli for Iittala, 2001
Senta, Alfredo Häberli for Iittala, 2004
Antoine Brodin
Antoine Brodin (FR)
Veronese, Jeremy Wintrebert & Antoine Brodin
Spirit Fruit, Jeremy Wintrebert & Antoine Brodin, 2011
Cecilie Manz
Cecilie Manz (DK)
www.ceciliemanz.com
Spectra, Cecilie Manz, 2007
Minima, Cecilie Manz for Holmegaard, 2007
Blosson, Cecilie Manz for Holmegaard, 2010
Nimb, Cecilie Manz
Dan Yeffet
Dan Yeffet (IL)
www.danyeffet.com
Muffin Lamps for Brokis, Lucie Koldova & Dan Yeffet, 2010
Stix table, Lucie Koldova and Dan Yeffet, 2010
Heikki Viinikainen
Heikki Viinikainen (FI)
www.studioviinikainen.com
Jokeri & Kevät, Heikki Viinikainen, 2011
Intrigo, Heikki Viinikainen, 2010
Space Meadow, Heikki Viinikainen, 2011
Intrigo, Heikki Viinikainen, 2010
Space Meadow, Heikki Viinikainen, 2011
Hubert Verstraeten
Hubert Verstraeten (BE)
awa.be
Peppermill, Hubert Verstraeten
Light, Hubert Verstraeten
USB key, Hubert Verstraeten
TW27, Hubert Verstraeten
Jeremy Wintrebert
Jeremy Wintrebert (FR)
www.jeremyglass.com
Spirit Fruit, Jeremy Wintrebert, 2011
Void, Jeremy Wintrebert, 2011
Veronese, Jeremy Wintrebert
Jeremy Wintrebert
Lucie Koldova
Lucie Koldova (CZ)
www.luciekoldova.com
Muffin Lamps for Brokis, Lucie Koldova & Dan Yeffet, 2010
Stix table, Lucie Koldova and Dan Yeffet, 2010
Matteo Gonet
Matteo Gonet (CH)
www.matteogonet.com
Balloons, Matteo Gonet, 2007
Albedo, design by Moritz Schmid for Glassworks, blown by Matteo Gonet
Red Glasses, Matteo Gonet, 2000
Róisín De Buitléar
Róisín De Buitléar (IE)
roisindebuitlear.com
Time spent, Róisín de Buitléar
Molten - Hot formed glass and Valentia Slate, Róisín de Buitléar
Molten - Hot formed glass and Irish Granite, Róisín de Buitléar
Rockpooling, Róisín de Buitléar
Rony Plesl
Sara Hulkkonen
Tadeáš Podracký
Tadeáš Podracký (CZ)
Tracheae, Tadeáš Podracký
Neuron Glass, Tadeáš Podracký
Light Cross, Tadeáš Podracký
Neuron Vases, Tadeáš Podracký
James Bort (Photo/ video)
stack (stæk)
— n
1. an ordered pile (of glassware)
2. a large orderly pile (of glassware)
3. a large amount: a stack (of glassware)
Stack - able is a combination of words which was born in the 1960s with the evolution of furniture
design and domestic uses at home.
Stack – able in the specific context of GIT can have different meanings:
1. Being stacked like chairs but applied to glass elements which can either be glassware, tableware
or utilitarian objects of the everyday life.Combining functions, forms, shapes, colours in a human-centered
way. Kaj Frank himself stated 100 years ago that “objects should always be appropriate,
durable and functional.”
Kartio, Kaj Franck for Iittala, 1958
2. The orientation on consumerist values of the 60s, but seen through the eyes of Iittala with its
'Against Throw-Away-Ism" philosophy. The world is oriented on consuming but there are strong
tendencies that value keeping, transmitting and reinventing the daily living environment. Putting
value again on design-led crafts and long-lasting glassware pieces.
Purnukka, Kaj Franck for Iittala, 1953
3. Assorting glassware with existing elements in the Iittala/Fiskars Home Collection and Archives
(which can be either glassware but also ceramics from Arabia or pans from Hackman) or taking an
autonomous way of looking at glass design’s future.
Oma, Harri Koskinen for Arabia, 2007
4. Designing and/or glass blowing a product which can be stored and transported as efficient as
possible without damage.
Vitriini, Anu Penttinen for Iittala, 2010
5. Being efficient and/or effective in the production process of the glassware by stacking elements
on one another: add-ons in shape, in function or in colours, introduced at different time schedules
in the glass blowing process.
Art works, Harri Koskinen for Iittala, 2009
WHEN? 29 January - 3 February 2011
WHERE? Nový Bor Glass school (CZ)
LOCAL PARTNER? VERREUM
The actual Glass School was inaugurated on 1 January 2004, merging the two historical Nový Bor glass schools, whose history dates back to 1763. The school offers Czech students secondary and higher professional education in glass blowing, engraving, cutting, facetting, painting and stained glass. For foreigners and Czech applicants the school also offers workshops in glass blowing, engraving, cutting, facetting, painting and stained glass, fusing, mould melted glass as well as Czech conversation.
Antoine Brodin
Antoine Brodin (FR)
Veronese, Jeremy Wintrebert & Antoine Brodin
Spirit Fruit, Jeremy Wintrebert & Antoine Brodin, 2011
Arik Levy
Arik Levy (FR)
Intangible Smoke, Arik Levy for Baccarat, 2007
Rock paperweight, Arik Levy for Baccarat, 2007
Mistic Medium, Arik Levy for Gaia & Gino
Volcano, Arik Levy for Gaia & Gino
Dagmar Pánková
Dagmar Pánková (CZ)
Leoš Smejkal & Dagmar Pánková
Leoš Smejkal & Dagmar Pánková
Leoš Smejkal & Dagmar Pánková
Jean Marc Schilt
Jean Marc Schilt (FR)
EAT ME, design by FABIEN VERSCHAERE, blown by Jean Marc Schilt & Sébastien Maurer
COQ & POULE, design by BOREK SIPEK, blown by Jean Marc Schilt & Sébastien Maurer
Jeremy Wintrebert
Jeremy Wintrebert (FR)
www.jeremyglass.com
Spirit Fruit, Jeremy Wintrebert, 2011
Void, Jeremy Wintrebert, 2011
Veronese, Jeremy Wintrebert
Jeremy Wintrebert
Klára Horáčková
Martin Štěfánek
Matteo Gonet
Matteo Gonet (CH)
www.matteogonet.com
Balloons, Matteo Gonet, 2007
Albedo, design by Moritz Schmid for Glassworks, blown by Matteo Gonet
Red Glasses, Matteo Gonet, 2000
Maxim Velčovský
Mendel Heit
Pierre Bindreiff
Pierre Favresse
Pierre Favresse (FR)
An Eclipse Day, Pierre Favresse
© Benjamin Le Du
Horloge Jean, Pierre Favresse
© BLD
Pearl, Pierre Favresse
Tidelight, Pierre Favresse
Rea Moisio
Róisín De Buitléar
Róisín De Buitléar (IE)
roisindebuitlear.com
Time spent, Róisín de Buitléar
Molten - Hot formed glass and Valentia Slate, Róisín de Buitléar
Molten - Hot formed glass and Irish Granite, Róisín de Buitléar
Rockpooling, Róisín de Buitléar
Rony Plesl
Sara Hulkkonen
Sébastien Geissert
Sébastien Geissert (FR)
Hélium, V8 designers
Oscar, V8 designers
Verres, V8 designers for Saint Louis
Sébastien Maurer
Sébastien Maurer (FR)
EAT ME, design by FABIEN VERSCHAERE, blown by Jean Marc Schilt & Sébastien Maurer
COQ & POULE, DESIGN by BOREK SIPEK, blown by Jean Marc Schilt & Sébastien Maurer
Wing Lam Kwok
Wing Lam Kwok (BE)
Story of an Invisible Wound, Wing Lam Kwok
Story of an Invisible Wound, Wing Lam Kwok
James Bort (Photo/ video)
WHEN? 2-7 July 2012WHERE? Meisenthal (FR)
PARTNER? Centre International d'Art Verrier [CIAV]
Meisenthal, the cradle of “art nouveau”
glass enabled Emile Gallé to revolutionize the glass industry. This tradition
for innovation lives on… The Centre International d’Art Verrier [CIAV] was
created in 1992 in order to preserve the skills of the Noth-Eastern French glass region. It gave new
contemporary perspectives to the traditional branches of the glass industry. In
perpetual contact with the region, the [CIAV] is the dignified heir to 5
centuries of glass industry in the North Vosges. It lit its furnace in the stone
of the Meisenthal glassworks that had previously been closed since 1969.
James Bort (Photo/ video)
Exhibition
Exhibition
Sep 2012 > London Design Festival, London (UK)
Oct/Dec 2012 > Helsinki World Design Capital, Helsinki (FI)
Jan 2013 > Maison & Objet, Paris (F)
Jan/Mar 2013 > Brussels (BE)
Apr 2013 > Salone del Mobile, Milan (IT)
More details follow soon!
Pro Materia, Brussels (BE)
Pro Materia is a Creative Design Consultancy Agency launched in 1999 as a non profit organization. It is for years recognized as a platform and incubator of existing and emerging talents in design and contemporary crafts in Belgium and abroad. With more than 12 years of experience in this field of promoting creative industries, Pro Materia/Lise Coirier has also acted as an international curator and author in the field of contemporary design.
International Books:
- Design in Belgium A>Z, published by MMAP/Fondation pour les Arts, 2001
- Design in Belgium 1945-2000, published by Racine / Lannoo, co-published by IBM, 2004.
- Parckdesign, co-published by Pro Materia and Stichting Kunstboek, 2007
- Materialise.MGX, published by Materialise, 2007
- L’Anverre, Jardin des Délices, published by Tectum Publishers, 2008
- Xavier Lust, published by Stichting Kunstboek, 2008
- Label-Design.be, published by Stichting Kunstboek – GHI – Pro Materia, 2005
- Human Cities, Celebrating Public Space, co-published by Pro Materia – UIRS – Stichting Kunstboek, 2010
- Belgium is Design. Design for Mankind, published by Stichting Kunstboek, 2010
International Exhibitions at Grand-Hornu Images, BE
- Label‐Design.be. Design in Belgium after 2000, Grand-Hornu Images, Oct 2005-Feb 2006 within the 175 years anniversary of Belgium and 25 years of Federalism.
- Belgium is Design. Design for Mankind, Grand-Hornu Images, Nov. 2010-March 2011 within the Belgian Presidency at the European Commission
Pro Materia's recent events and in-house concepts have included in the past five years:
- Glass is Tomorrow from June 2011 until June 2013
Pro Materia leads the European project funded by the European Commission – Culture Programme in partnership with Iittala (FI), CIAV (FR), Verreum (CZ) and Vessel Gallery (UK). The project promotes a high level of craft and design in contemporary glass. Glass aesthetics and techniques will be explored during 3 workshops organised in Finland, France and Czech Republic by teams of designers‐glassmakers in order to lead to new typologies of objects. Beyond arts and craft, glass design will reflect innovative collaborations between glass makers and designers in terms of conception, production and distribution.
www.glassistomorrow.eu
- Creative Space Kreon-Pro Materia from end 2008 until June 2010
Organisation of quarterly exhibitions on design and crafts from Belgium as well as workshops with Kirkpatrick, specialized in intellectual property rights (branding, packaging, fashion and design brand developments and protection…)
- Anna Torfs, contemporary glass design, 13/12/2008 – 15/3/2009
- LivingSilver, Thalen & Thalen + Mei Lee, 20/3-10/6/2009, Cha Tao (Special tea ceremonies)
- OVO editions / Pol Quadens, 25/6-12/9/2009, OVO Editions is the label for the design furniture collection by Pol Quadens. Produced in Corian® and carbon fiber in his Brussels workshop, this collection reflects the search for beauty, balance and purity of the Belgian designer. Connection with the public design installation “Les Portes Louise” on the Pro Winko site bd de Waterloo in Brussels.
- Charlotte Walry + Chrystl Fischer, jeux textiles, 15/6-19/8/2009
- Luc Druez, Metamorphosis, 16/9 – 31/10/2009, textile creations, a limited edition of fabrics made from “hijacked” technical fibers, mixing textile and copper. With the support of Detrois.
- Thalen & Thalen, Mandarin Balls, 21/12/2009 — 23/1/2010
- Craft Wood, 29/1-12/3/2010: Kaspar Hamacher & Norayr Khachatryan
- Human Cities: Celebrating Public Space, 15/3-16/5/2010
- Authentic Belgian Creativity (ABC from Belgium) from 2007 until 2010, four exhibitions at Spazio Herno on Belgian design.
www.abc‐design.be
- The Belgian Designers Rooms at thewhitehotel since 2006, a renewable selection every 2 years of the best emerging talents from Belgium which are customizing the 60 hotel rooms
www.promateria.be/bde, www.thewhitehotel.be
- The Design-rdv Brussels, organised since 2007 at thewhitehotel. They aim at creating a dynamic design platform in Belgium and at an international level. Designers, brands and all kind of design protagonists are selling directly to more or less 3,000 potential clients and are promoting their products actively inside an uncommon design hotel environment. These weekends are welcoming a hundred of design and applied arts professionals and are offering a great palet of the creative productions to a public that is as large as possible.
www.designr-rdv.be
- Commerce Design Brussels Award since 2008, a biannual event and award prizing 10 laureates ex-aequo which are co-creating innovative environments in the field of retail design. This award is part of an international network initiated by the City of Montreal and taken over by Saint-Etienne, Lyon, Marseille, Nantes, Toulon and in the North of Europe, Brussels, Luxemburg and Eindhoven.
www.commercedesignbrussels.be
- Human Cities on sustainable urban design has started in 2007 and is now a European project supported by the EU Culture Programme since 2008. Partners:La Cambre ULB Horta (BE), Pro Materia (BE), Cité du Design de Saint-Etienne (FR), Urban Planning Center of Ljubjana (SLO) and Politecnico di Milano (IT). Combining both a scientific and a practical/artistic and cross-over practices in public spaces using design as a toolbox and methodology, Human Cities is also organising a biannual festival which happened in Brussels and in Istanbul in 2010. Next Human Cities Festival on Reclaiming Public Space will be organised in Brussels in Spring 2012.
www.humancities.eu
Iittala, Helsinki (FI)
The Iittala Company was founded in 1881 by a Swede named Petrus Magnus Abrahamsson. Due to Finland’s lack of skilled glassblowers, the original Iittala workforce was brought over from Sweden, Belgium and Germany. Abrahamsson was a notoriously quarrelsome man, who eventually lost control of the company, but it was his vision that brought the Iittala Company into being.
During the first decades glass factory was producing mainly household items based on old models from Sweden and Central-Europe.ish and The company went through a variety of transitions, beginning with its purchase by A. Ahlstöm, owner of the famous Karhula glass factory. Still, it was not until the 1920s and 30s, that Iittala as we know it came into being. In that era of burgeoning creativity, Iittala began to produce more artistic pieces. Artists like Alvar and Aino Aalto led the way in creating glassware that was beautiful, modern and functional.
Products of note include Alvar Aalto’s stunning vase, which is said to mimic the Finnish coastline. Aino Aalto also set the bar in 1932 for modern glassware with her unique line of everyday glasses, which are still in production today. Other artists joined the Iittala company, introducing their own unique visions to the Scandinavian glassware aesthetic. Tapio Wirkkala, Timo Sarpaneva, and Oiva Toikka were all a part of making Iittala one of the frontrunners in the world of modern design.
Today Iittala continues to create glassware that is as attractive as it is functional. In 2003 Iittala added other materials like ceramics and metal into its product portfolio. Nowadays, Iittala is offering its consumers not only glass, but all the essential items one needs for cooking, setting the table and even decorating one’s home. Timeless design since 1881.
VERREUM, Prague (CZ)
In 2009, SPACE CZ created its own brand, VERREUM, to promote and sell hand-made Bohemian glass in the Czech Republic as well as abroad. SPACE CZ doesn't have its own glassworks but collaborates with different Czech studios to keep the traditional glassmaking techniques alive. VERREUM mixes these old techniques used in the Czech Republic for many centuries with ideas of todays' famous Czech designers. In 2010, the brand launched a new collection of vases in cooperation with leading Czech designers (studio Olgoj Chorchoj and Rony Plesl), which was presented at several international exhibitions and fairs around the world. Throughout 2010, VERREUM addressed foreign designers as well and cooperated with Michael Koenig and Sebastian Herkner on new silvered glass design collections.
The silvered type of glass VERREUM is promoting, was first made in the 1840s and became the focus of glassworks in the Bohemian Forest from 1860 onwards. For many years, glass manufacturers had been trying to produce silvered glassware by using tin, lead, bismuth, mercury and other compounds but it took until 1849 before a satisfactory procedure was developed and patented. Early pieces used mercury amalgams, based on techniques used for silvering mirrors but these proved unsuitable. Nevertheless, the name 'mercury glass' remains the term to describe all kinds of silvered glass which is double-walled glassware with a silver coating inside the walls. The silvering liquid is poured into the space between the walls of the glass vessel through a hole in the bottom where it adheres to the glass. The residue is drained off, the inside dries, and finally a seal in paper, glass or metal is placed over the hole.
Centre International d'Art Verrier [CIAV], Meisenthal (FR)
THE [CIAV] : A LABORATORY FOR CONTEMPORARY DESIGN
prototypes for industrial application, research work for designers, artists’ residence, seminars for art college students (accommodation)…
THE [CIAV] : A PUBLISHING HOUSE FOR LIMITED EDITIONS
manufacturer of historical, contemporary and “jeunes pousses de verre” (“young shoots”) editions, unique pieces and trophies...
THE [CIAV] : AN EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOP
glasswork demonstrations complement the glass museum visit, contemporary glass artwork exhibitions, glassblowing for adults, discovery days and courses for the young…
THE [CIAV] : HANDING DOWN THE TRADITIONS
knowledge transfer sessions with experienced glassblowers, resurrection of old production techniques, preservation of old moulds, editions…
Vessel Gallery, London (UK)
Vessel is a store-cum-gallery based in Notting Hill, London. We aim to be a modern Mecca for all those who appreciate good design & beauty in their life, both to look at and to use. The best contemporary glass and ceramic pieces available have been sourced globally. Here you can view a taster selection of our ranges which cover iconic Scandinavian functional design, (Hackman, Stelton, Iittala, Orrefors, Arabia), flamboyant, collectible Italian art glass (Venini, Salviati, Arcade), plus the best of home grown talent.
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Publications
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Pro Materia
lise@promateria.be
rue Notre-Dame-du-Sommeil 2
B-1000 Brussels
+32 (0)2 768 25 10
contact@glassistomorrow.eu
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Press release (pdf)WHEN? 12 – 16 September
WHERE? Nuutajärvi Glass Village (FI)
PARTICIPANTS?
Jeremy Wintrebert (FR) www.jeremyglass.com
Antoine Brodin (FR) www.jeremyglass.com
Matteo Gonet (CH) www.matteogonet.com
Sara Hulkkonen (FI) www.studiosara.fi
Roisin de Buitlear (IR) www.roisindebuitlear.com
Heikki Viinikainen (FI) www.studioviinikainen.com
Hubert Verstraeten (B) www.tamawa.be
Alfredo Häberli (CH) www.alfredo-haeberli.com
Lucie Koldova (CZ) www.luciekoldova.com
Dan Yeffet (ISR) www.danyeffet.com
Rony Plesl (CZ) www.ronyplesl.com
Tadeas Podracky (CZ) www.ronyplesl.com
Cecilie Manz (DK) www.ceciliemanz.com
Glass is Tomorrow is curated by Pro Materia, supported by organizing partners Iittala, VERREUM, CIAV and Vessel Gallery. The project enjoys the support of the Culture Programme of the European Union.
Discover GIT Workshop in Novy Bor, Feb 2012
Video by James Bort, www.jamesbort.com
Workshop Glass is Tomorrow
Novy Bor, Czech Republic
Theme: Silvering: Silvered glass (also known as Mercury Glass) is double‐walled glass with a silver
coating inside the walls. The silvering liquid is poured into the space between the walls of the glass vessel through an opening, it adheres to the glass wall creating an opaque mirrored surface. The residue is drained off, the inside dried, and some form of seal placed over the opening.
Glass Blowers
Jeremy Wintrebert & Antoine Brodin (FR), www.jeremyglass.com
Matteo Gonet (CH), www.mattegonet.com
Sébastien Maurer & Jean Marc Schilt (FR),
Sara Hulkkonen (FI), www.studiosara.fi
Rea Moiso (FI), www.iittala.com
Róisín de Buitléar (IRL), www.roisindebuitlear.com
Martin Štěpánek (CZ)
Designers
Arik Levy (FR), www.ariklevy.fr
Maxim Velčovský (CZ), www.lasvit.com
Pierre Favresse (FR), www.pierrefavresse.com, www.habitat.com
Dagmar Pánková & Leoš Smejkal (CZ)
Klára Horáčková (CZ)
Wing Lam Kwok (HK/B), www.winglamkwok.com
Mendel Heit (DE), www.mendelheit.com
Rony Plesl (CZ), www.ronyplesl.com
Sébastien Geissert & Pierre Bindreiff (FR),
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'Taste!', a glass and steel sculpture by Róisín de Buitléar
Under the per cent for art scheme, 'Taste!' was commissioned by the OPW on behalf of the Presidents office on the occasion of the creation of the Sensory border in the Gardens at Áras an Úachtaráin.
This luscious glass strawberry perched on a steel fork appears to be plunging through the through the Victorian wall. It suggests someone snatching a strawberry or tempting a passer by with the bounty from the garden behind, indicating the location of the adjoining Kitchen Garden. Suspended on a fork from above the viewer, it is just out of reach and creates a yearning for the taste and smell of fresh strawberries. This sculpture is designed to be immediately accessible to the general public through the use of familiar objects and humour.
Entirely manufactured in Ireland, the glass was blown and hot formed in the studios of the Irish Handmade glass company, Waterford, and the steel was made at Grogan Engineering, Dublin.
VERREUM at 100% Design London
Glass is Tomorrow partner VERREUM will present its design collections Fjodor (design by Rony Plesl - see picture above), Wave (design by Jiří Pelcl - see picture below), Norma (design by Sebastian Herkner), Velvet (design by Michael Koenig) at the 100% Design London fair from 22-25 September.
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(Image: Veronese, Jeremy Wintrebert)