Atelier Oi prototypes glass design ideas at GlassLab at the Vitra Design Museum during Art Basel 2010.

Beat Karrer explains the three designs from his GlassLab session at the Vitra Design Museum in June, 2011. His designs for an angular carafe, opaque hourglass, and transparent drop lighting object use concepts of industrial design applied to pieces in glass. The Zurich-based designer develops new products for clientele such as Anthologie Quartett, Ballfinger Lighting and Designerslabel (Germany). Karrer is an active guest critic at ETH Zurich, participates in juries and holds summer workshops for the Vitra Design Museum.

Nacho Carbonell works on GlassLab at the Vitra Design Museum during Art Basel 2010.

Designer Max Lamb works on GlassLab at the Vitra Design Museum during Art Basel 2010.

Designer and architect Paul Haigh works with GlassLab, the mobile glass design program from The Corning Museum of Glass at the Vitra Design Museum during the Art Basel fair 2010. GlassLab brings designers together with glassmakers to offer them rare access to experimenting with hot glass and prototyping their design concepts.

June 16, 2010 - Jeff Zimmerman provides a glass performance on GlassLab during the Vitra Design Museum's special event for Art Basel week.

Designer Tomas Libertiny works on GlassLab at the Vitra Design Museum during Art Basel 2010 - prototyping glass teardrops for an installation concept.

Designer Sigga Heimis works with glassmakers from The Corning Museum of Glass to create glass eyes, brains and hearts on GlassLab at Vitra Design Museum during Art Basel 2010.

Michal Fronek from Olgoj Chorchoj glass studio in the Czech Republic works at GlassLab at the Vitra Design Museum in June 2010 during Art Basel.

Designer Wendell Castle prototypes a design for martini glasses and pitcher set on GlassLab at the Vitra Design Museum during Art Basel 2010.