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Wooden Mesh. Photo: © COFICO (VN)
Translucent Vavona Burl. Photo: © HALE GmbH (AT)
Shower Screen Des: Torsten Müller, http://spa-designer.de. Photo: Ulrich Dohle
Inspirational co-creativity glass-inspiration’s laminated safety glass solutions are inspired by their customers’ dreams and visions. TEXT: CORNELIA BRELOWSKI
A compact but thriving Austrian enterprise, glass-inspiration is flexible and quick in responding to clients worldwide. Up until now, they have accepted orders from 22 countries, with rising tendency. They work conscientiously and take a close look at each single order. Often, they receive sample pictures from architects and designers who are fascinated by a promising design but do not exactly know how to apply it. This is where glass-inspiration comes in. The firm supports the search for the right material and idea, offers trial laminations and practicability tests, and in general accompanies all clients throughout the whole respective project. Based in Kirchdorf an der Krems, the enterprise produces high-quality laminated safety glass for both interior and exterior use, with the most diverse possible range of inlays varying from genuine thin stone 26 | Issue 48 | March 2017
to grass and fabric, from wood veneer to Swarovski crystals and mother-of-pearl. glass-inspiration offers 30 various materials and over 300 possible design ideas. glass-inspiration welcomes anyone with a unique design idea and creative enthusiasm. Their customer base is formed by both architects and designers, private customers and subcontractors. Also, big company names like DAN kitchens, KONE, ROLEX and Swarovski appear in their order book. This year, glass-inspiration will be joining a highly anticipated grand project in the USA, namely the new Greek Orthodox St. Nicholas church at Ground Zero, New York City. The beautiful design by renowned architect Santiago Calatrava transports a translucent yet protective spirit. The imposing building will feature safety glass panels with integrated genu-
ine thin stone, illuminated from the inside. glass-inspiration will deliver these unique elements for a highly aesthetic and meaningful architectural project which will form a future magnet for anybody visiting New York City. Engaging on a global scale by overcoming language and other barriers is the exciting goal the small Austrian company is facing – as marketing manager Elisabeth Feuerhuber says: “With optimism and ambition and the ever-pushing drive of creating something new, also a small enterprise can achieve amazing!” www.glass-inspiration.com
Circular Windows. Photo: © SCD GmbH