GLASS UNLIMITED

GLASS UNLIMITED

“ Oltreluce was designed to go beyond simple transparency. It’s always fascinating to see how anything - whether a skyscraper or any other object - connects and plays with light. The idea of exploring the expressive possibilities of glass in an effort to transcend its very nature was fascinating. Helping to forge a new and exciting identity for this kind of glass was a thrilling design challenge. ” Michele De Lucchi

The collection goes beyond mere patterned glass, featuring surfaces of unusual transparency and transforming the natural characteristics of glass stretching it beyond light to achieve a whole new level of expressiveness. Oltreluce patterned glass delicately filters variations of light while boldly displaying its contemporary look: a medium for the surrounding environment and a surface with a unique aesthetic. The collection features three different patterns WAVES, CIRCLES and SPACE, available in clear, extra-clear and silvered versions.

liquid shadows

WAVES Separating, but not dividing. This design creates flowing environments and endless reflections of light, striking a perfect balance between transparency and opacity. Long flowing shadows seem to chase each other through space in a play of continual motion, while the silvered version boasts a fresh visual look.

light drops

The surface of this design is punctuated by engraved beads of varying depths, creating levels of transparency that alter depending on the position from which it is viewed. Like drops of light on the glass surface, the raised circles - both irregular and slightly concave - create a lens-like effect. In the silvered version, they transmute the glass into an entirely unpredictable surface.

unexpected surfaces

SPACE Created by groups of dots positioned at varying distances and depths, this design is unusual for its slightly rippled texture. The result is elusive, indefinite, with unexpected fragments of light filtering through a unique glass surface. In the silvered version, it matures into a novel hi-tech material.

Clear Clearvision circles Clear Clearvision space Clear Clearvision SHAPING & GRINDING Further information and a detailed Processing Guide are available on www.yourglass.com > Products > Oltreluce. • Oltreluce glass can be used in multiple interior (sliding or fixed partitions, doors, furniture, showers, …) as well as exterior applications (windows, doors and glass facades) • variable transparency that alters depending on the position it is viewed from, due to the varying depths of the engraved patterns that punctuate the glass surface • unique design and aesthetics • unexpected light fragments...

AGC GLASS EUROPE A EUROPEAN LEADER IN FLAT GLASS Based in Brussels, AGC Glass Europe produces, processes and distributes flat glass mainly for the construction (external glazing and interior decorative glass), the automotive (original and replacement glass), and the solar sectors. It is the European branch of AGC Glass, the world’s largest producer of flat glass. Its baseline “Glass Unlimited” reflects the possibilities offered by: • glass as a material to meet a growing variety of needs (comfort, energy control, health and safety, aesthetics, sustainability) • innovation in products and processes,...

The skyscraper sculptures 178_180_179, the ceramic vase VASO NERO, and the lamp TOLOMEO, were designed by Michele De Lucchi. Art direction: Frida Doveil / Graphic Design: Photos: Riccardo Bianchi © AGC Glass Europe, 2012

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