Nominations for Glass Magazine Awards

Glass Magazine is now accepting nominations for the 2013 Glass Magazine Awards: The People, Products and Projects. The prestigious glass and metal industry awards program recognizes the most innovative products and services the industry has to offer, in addition to the most innovative projects completed within the past year. It also names winners for Best Project Manager, Best Production Supervisor, Best Sales Rep and Best Installer. Submit your nominations at www.glassmagazine.com/2013awards. The deadline for nominations in all categories is April 16, 2013. If you have questions or require additional information, please contact Jenni Chase at jchase@glass.org.

Solar Glass Generates Power Through Your Windows

These window panes, which were unveiled at Taipei’s International Optoelectronics Week, do double duty to block out the elements and create energy for your home. They are slightly foggy and can seemingly replace home or commercial windows.

Read more: http://inhabitat.com/solar-glass-generates-power-through-your-windows/

Online Classes

Check out MyGlassClass.com  and MyWindowClass.com from the National Glass Association , the glass industry's single-source online training program contains world-class courseware created by leading experts throughout the glass industry. Online audio & video training and live webcasts are available. View a free sample class from either website.

About the NGA
Founded in 1948, the National Glass Association is the largest trade association representing the architectural glass, and window and door industries. Based outside Washington, DC, and representing nearly 2,200 member companies and locations, NGA offers education and training. NGA publishes the industry's leading trade magazines: Glass Magazine® and Window & Door®; and e-newsletters: e-glass weekly™, WDweekly™, and For Technicians Only e-bulletin™. NGA also hosts the industry's premier annual trade event: GlassBuild America: The Glass, Window & Door Expo®. The Window & Door Dealers Alliance, an organization for independent window and door dealers, is an initiative of the NGA. For more information on NGA, visit www.glass.org.

Video: Ed Carpenter

Site/Light from Ed Carpenter on Vimeo.

Ed Carpenter's Website: http://www.edcarpenter.net/home/home.html

Glass Build America: Sept 12-14, 2012

GlassBuild America 2012 will be held September 12–14 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.  It will again serve as the most important annual gathering of North American glass industry professionals.  The show will feature more than 120,000 square feet of exhibit space, nearly 330 exhibiting companies, industry leading forums, seminars and expert panel presentations, the popular Innovative Product Pavilion, and several of the industry’s most respected speakers.

For more information on GlassBuild America, visit www.GlassBuildAmerica.com.

Italian design from Luminaire

Fiction 

Escape reality and enter the fantasy world of Fiction. With a silver finish which fades to transparent, the rectangular wall-mounted mirror seems to disappear. Available in two sizes and finished in extralight glass, Fiction hangs by means of a chromium-plated metal cylinder.

Dark Side of the Moon

Thanks to a sophisticated and innovative technical process, the top is realized by overlapping and assembling glass strips of various qualities and different widths. The result is a table with a syncopated dynamism, the glass top assuming an infinite range of tonalities. The feet of the high table are cylinders in transparent borosilicate glass, fixed to the top by means of steel rings. The low table, instead, has two glued sides, with the same features as the top.

More at  http://luminaire.com/ 

Through a glass, clearly - MIT News Office

MIT researchers find a way to make glass that’s anti-fogging, self-cleaning and free of glare.
Read the whole article here:Through a glass, clearly - MIT News Office

J. Kenneth Leap: Lindenwold Station news article & video

Read the full article here: http://www.courierpostonline.com/article/BZ/20120317/NEWS01/303170018/Glass-from-past?odyssey=nav%7Chead

Architectural Decorative Glass

http://www.pulpstudio.com/

New Glass by J. Kenneth Leap for NJ TRANSIT

"Through to the Sea", by AGG Member J. Kenneth Leap was installed yesterday. This project, when complete will consist of over 1000 square feet of digitally printed laminated glass panels which will enhance the waiting areas and shelters at NJ TRANSIT's Lindenwold Station. The waiting area panels shown above depict the history of the Camden & Atlantic Railroad.


More images of the installation and the design are available here:
http://paintedwindowdesigns-lindenwold.blogspot.com/

Lucie Boucher's GLASSCAPES

Editor's note: Lucie sent me these images with a nice message attached...

Hi Ken, attached are a couple of pictures of the glasscapes I painted using the techniques you taught me last year. Just thought you might like to see what I am finally able to do thanks to your teaching.

So thanks J

Hope you and your family are well.

Best,

Lucie Boucher

Stone Ridge Glass

See more of Lucie's Glasscapes here:

http://www.stoneridgeglass.com/html/representational_designs.html

Can you ever have too much glass?

Honey, where's my bathrobe?

LINK: http://www.santambrogiomilano.it/

The Float Glass Manufacturing Process

The Float Glass Manufacturing Process
Produced by the Glass Association of North America
Flat Glass Manufacturing Division

To view this four minute film on the creation of float glass, you will need to have the latest version of Flash installed on your computer.  If you don't have Flash installed, you will be prompted to install it on the next page. This video is provided only for high speed internet connections. View the Video