Some supplies quietly return to structure after being rediscovered by designers, I beforehand wrote a number of articles about Glass bricks, which many people rapidly ripped out of our loos throughout a renovation. However final yr at Isola Design I already noticed a more moderen model in ochre and blue, and through Dutch Design Week final yr, an attractive black and pink glass brick mixed with black wooden. And perhaps you bear in mind my article concerning the Parisian condominium: Get impressed by means of reeded glass bricks on this Parisian condominium
Throughout Milan Design week final yr I visited the opening celebration of Open Home in collaboration with Mango House and several other designers. I bear in mind falling in love with the stools in Vetra Mano Glass Blocks by Tom Fereday. Take a look right here: Openhouse launches difficulty 23 at Cadogan gallery | Milan Design week 2025 It was nice to see Tom Fereday, a designer I’ve been following for some time, posting about how he alongside long run collaborators Eco Outside labored on their new Sydney studio that includes Mano glass blocks paired along with his Arc chair and bespoke Louis tables and audio cupboard.
Mano Bricks
Developed by a collaboration that began by Eco Outside and Australian industrial designer Tom Fereday The challenge brings collectively Eco Outside’s concentrate on pure supplies with Fereday’s curiosity in easy kinds and sincere manufacturing processes. Tom has been experimenting with solid glass, whereas Eco Outside has lengthy centered on pure supplies utilized in structure and panorama design. Collectively they explored how glass could possibly be remodeled right into a structural ingredient that enables gentle to move by whereas sustaining the solidity of a wall.
The result’s the Mano brick, a solid glass block produced individually by hand utilizing recycled glass mixed with pure supplies equivalent to quartz sand. Appropriate for each inside and exterior use. Throughout the casting course of small variations seem naturally within the materials. Tiny bubbles, smooth textures and slight irregularities stay seen, giving every brick its personal character and highlighting the artisanal manufacturing course of.
The proportions of the brick discuss with the elongated format of conventional Roman bricks. This longer form reduces the variety of joints when constructing a wall, permitting bigger surfaces of glass to turn out to be seen. As gentle strikes by the textured glass, the floor creates refined reflections and shifting patterns of sunshine and shadow. The system contains each linear and curved bricks, permitting architects to create totally different compositions.
Photos courtesy Tom Fereday – Eco Outside
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