The GlassLab design program offers designers unprecedented access to molten glass. In public design performances or private sessions, designers and glassmakers collaborate, rapidly prototyping concepts and using the immediacy of hot glass as a catalyst for innovation. Last week, designer Bridget … Read more →
This spring, the Museum partnered with design students from the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) on projects exploring the use of glass as a material. Josh Owen, Professor and Chair of RIT’s Industrial Design Program explains the program: “The Activating … Read more →
The Rakow Library holds many rare and archival materials, and we are continually challenged to improve access to these materials while preserving them for future generations. Recently we had a visit from Steven Galbraith, Curator of the Melbert B. Cary, … Read more →
A native of South Korea, Jiyong Lee started coming to The Studio in 1998 when he was a graduate student at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). “The first time I saw glass was in American craft magazines and art … Read more →