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Design: Dean Brown (Fabrica)
Photography: Marco Zanin
Date: September 2013

The codes and conventions of technical drawing are embedded into the glass itself - represented as annotated dimension lines that convey height and diameter. The statement is ironic, considering the drawings are made 1:1 scale, and the dimension lines are dissociated with their numerical values.

The piece is part of the ‘Drawing Glass’ series - a collaboration between Fabrica Design team and the master glass blower Massimo Lunardon. Here conventional manufacturing drawings are dismissed in favour of creating expressive 1:1 sketches. In doing so it reframes the relationship between between designer and maker, establishing a more ambiguous and free dialogue akin to a co-authorship.

Design: Dean Brown (Fabrica)
Photography: Marco Zanin
Date: September 2013

The codes and conventions of technical drawing are embedded into the glass itself - represented as annotated dimension lines that convey height and diameter. The statement is ironic, considering the drawings are made 1:1 scale, and the dimension lines are dissociated with their numerical values.

The piece is part of the ‘Drawing Glass’ series - a collaboration between Fabrica Design team and the master glass blower Massimo Lunardon. Here conventional manufacturing drawings are dismissed in favour of creating expressive 1:1 sketches. In doing so it reframes the relationship between between designer and maker, establishing a more ambiguous and free dialogue akin to a co-authorship.

Design: Dean Brown (Fabrica)
Photography: Marco Zanin
Date: September 2013

Adopting the principle of single point perspective drawing, two spherical containers are physically and conceptuality joined. They are "empty" and "full" versions of each other, contrasting in scale and materiality.

The piece is part of the ‘Drawing Glass’ series - a collaboration between Fabrica Design team and the master glass blower Massimo Lunardon. Here conventional manufacturing drawings are dismissed in favour of creating expressive 1:1 sketches. In doing so it reframes the relationship between between designer and maker, establishing a more ambiguous and free dialogue akin to a co-authorship.

Design: Dean Brown (Fabrica)
Photography: Marco Zanin
Date: September 2013

Adopting the principle of single point perspective drawing, two spherical containers are physically and conceptuality joined. They are "empty" and "full" versions of each other, contrasting in scale and materiality.

The piece is part of the ‘Drawing Glass’ series - a collaboration between Fabrica Design team and the master glass blower Massimo Lunardon. Here conventional manufacturing drawings are dismissed in favour of creating expressive 1:1 sketches. In doing so it reframes the relationship between between designer and maker, establishing a more ambiguous and free dialogue akin to a co-authorship.