young belgian designer sylvain willenz deals with projects from lighting to product design
and furniture. his designs are characterized by clear and simple forms made of experimental
materials in an innovative way. willenz is currently a guest designer at the centre international
de recherche sur le verre et les arts plastique de marseille, where he has been carrying out
a number of glass experimentations. here is a look at his glass production process:


work in progress (summer 2008- winter 2009)


sand casting forms


sand casting




glass pizza testing


black glass test


wood molds


experiments in progress


some of the first glass results made from the wood moulds








an upcoming exhibition of works by sylvain willenz will be held at the
museum of grand-hornu images in hornu, belgium from
october 13th, 2009 to january 3rd, 2010.