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A crash course in glass, not to say the least, is how we could sum up this project!

Pairing the expert eye and intelligence of a designer and the know-how of a experienced glassblower together with a passionate but somehow naïve outlook from the students was a challenge.

The project took place during the cold month of January but the kilns of the glass workshop kept everybody warm. The aim was not to design another vase or bowl, it was to experiment, create new processes and tools, testing the limits of both the material and our ideas.

Yet this work remains a research that is still ongoing and I am already looking forward to the next phase. Until then, I can only but congratulate all the participants for their involvement and hard work.


Matteo Gonet (left), Ronan Bouroullec (center), Philipp Grundhöfer (right) at Matteo Gonet's workshop in Basel.
Tension/Expansion by ECAL/Sarha Duquesne
Tension/Expansion  ECAL/Sarha Duquesne
Stein by ECAL/Felix Klingmüller
Stein  ECAL/Felix Klingmüller
Bubbleplay ECAL/Charles Mathis
Bubbleplay  ECAL/Charles Mathis
DIY Mould by ECAL/Rita Botelho
DIY Mould  ECAL/Rita Botelho
Dusty Copper by ECAL Jung-Cheng Su
Dusty Copper  ECAL Jung-Cheng Su
Glass Type by ECAL/Giulio Parini
Glass Type  ECAL/Giulio Parini
Mould in Motion by ECAL/Philipp Grundhöfer
Mould in Motion  ECAL/Philipp Grundhöfer
Empty Carbon by ECAL/Diane du Chaxel
Empty Carbon  ECAL/Diane du Chaxel

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Tension/Expansion by ECAL/Sarha Duquesne
Tension/Expansion   ECAL/Sarha Duquesne
Bubbleplay ECAL/Charles Mathis
Bubbleplay  ECAL/Charles Mathis
DIY Mould by ECAL/Rita Botelho
DIY Mould  ECAL/Rita Botelho
Dusty Copper by ECAL Jung-Cheng Su
Dusty Copper  ECAL Jung-Cheng Su
Glass Type by ECAL/Giulio Parini
Glass Type  ECAL/Giulio Parini
Stein by ECAL/Felix Klingmüller
Stein  ECAL/Felix Klingmüller
Stein by ECAL/Felix Klingmüller
Stein  ECAL/Felix Klingmüller
Stein by ECAL/Felix Klingmüller
Stein  ECAL/Felix Klingmüller

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ECAL Milano exhibition 2012
ECAL Milano exhibition 2012
ECAL Milano exhibition 2012
ECAL Milano exhibition 2012
ECAL Milano exhibition 2012
ECAL Milano exhibition 2012

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DIY Mould by ECAL/Rita Botelho
DIY Mould  ECAL/Rita Botelho
Dusty Copper by ECAL Jung-Cheng Su
Dusty Copper  ECAL Jung-Cheng Su
Empty Carbon by ECAL/Diane du Chaxel
Empty Carbon  ECAL/Diane du Chaxel
Glass Type by ECAL/Giulio Parini
Glass Type  ECAL/Giulio Parini
Mould in Motion by ECAL/Philipp Grundhöfer
Mould in Motion  ECAL/Philipp Grundhöfer

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