karlsruhe university glass design

vase by prisca fey image © designboom‘designing by making’ is a project organized by german designer werner aisslinger at the karlsuhe university of arts and design. together with the centre international d_art verrier (ciav) in meisenthal, france, a group of 14 students developed new and different methods of working with glass. they experimented with new types of materials like basalt fiber, glass fiber, fire-resistant substances and wood splinters which they worked in, while the glass was still liquid. following some further development, some of the projects will be produced in small batches.

the projects were exhibited at imm cologne 2010.

vase by prisca fey (middle) image © designboom

prisca fey making process

prisca fey

vases by andrea koppenborg and martha schwindling image © designboom

detail image © designboom making process

laura jungmann image © designboom vases by tamara abrar

using an aluminium grid tamara abrar

vase by berta riera pomés

making process

berta riera pomes image © designboom

david hanauer image © designboom laura jungmann image © designboom