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Video of the GLASS II Installation Demonstration
GLASS II from Mediated Matter Group on Vimeo.
GLASS II is a 2017 3D printed glass installation demonstrated in Milan Design week and was made by The Mediated Matter Group. The installation is made out of a series of glass columns made from a computational framework that created each column’s unique form.
What I find incredibly cool about this project is how it pushes the boundaries of glass, a material used in everyday life. While the light aspect isn’t groundbreaking — light and glass has been used as art for a long time — the way they installed a moving light that creates kaleidoscopic images surrounds the columns makes for a further beautiful piece.
The algorithms used to generate these glass columns are, according to the group’s website, “a unique network of radial arrays made of arcs” and the forms are all “directly influenced by the constraints of the manufacturing platform and structural system.” This means that the higher the load on the column, the larger the column gets.