The Line of Fragile Radiance: Neon Light as Atelier, Architecture, and Archive
Portland Street, Hong Kong, with neon lights, 2007. Image © UCLARodent via Wikipedia under license CC BY-SA 2.5…
French scientists discover law that predicts how most objects shatter
Fragmentation, the way objects break into pieces, has long intrigued scientists. Researchers have observed that broken objects tend…
A glass bead and a green laser helps scientists observe lightning form in real time
A single green laser, a glass bead smaller than a bacterium and a lab in Austria are helping…
OnePlus 15 durability test and teardown: Customers must decide between scratches or broken glass
Teardown reveals huge dual-cell battery When it comes to bend testing, however, there are fewer surprises. Even the…
‘Death by a thousand cuts’: Scientists discover little-explored planet that rains shards of glass
Space is full of weird but wonderful things, from unusual rocks on Mars that don’t actually belong there…
Glass Flora and Fauna Flutter in the Delicate Work of Kate Clements — Colossal
Combining painted panels with delicate planes of kiln-fired glass, Kate Clements explores the nature of fragility. Glass is…
Jun Aoki cloaks Tiffany & Co store in curving glass panels
Japanese studio Jun Aoki & Associates has used translucent glass panels to create a flowing exterior for Tiffany…
Santiago Calatrava adds angular glass office building to Zurich station
Architect Santiago Calatrava has added a stone and glass office building beside the Stadelhofen Station in Zurich, which…
Ninon Hivert Captures the Poetics of Discarded Items in Sculpture and Collage — Colossal
In Ninon Hivert’s multimedia work, an object’s afterlife is an unfolding story—discarded items retaining the memory of a…
Dezeen Agenda features the Gare de Mons station in Belgium by Santiago Calatrava
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features the Gare de Mons station in Belgium by…
Diller Scofidio + Renfro Cartier wraps Cartier Miami in “undulating glass”
American architecture studio Diller Scofidio + Renfro has completed an expansion to the Miami flagship store of jewellery…
Santiago Calatrava arranges Belgian station around “monumental bridge”
Swathes of glass and steel make up the sinuous exterior of the new Gare de Mons station in…