Led by Studio Glithero (UK) and with the help of two glassblowers of CMoG (The Corning Museum of Glass, New York, USA) and a ceramist, the Ol-Factory workshop will take place at Domaine de Boisbuchet between July 19th > July 29th 2017.
 
Using Boisbuchet’s experimental wood-fired kiln, participants will be creating objects that shall enable people to experience scents in unprecedented and original ways - thus unveiling how shape and texture play a key role in the glamorous and exquisite world of niche perfumery.

The aim of the workshop is to develop prototypes in glass and ceramics, which will be part of the scenography of a major exhibition that the mudac (the museum of contemporary design and applied arts, Lausanne, CH) plans about niche perfumery for the summer of 2018.

“We are very happy to partner up with these two highly profiled cultural institutions for the realisation of a truly one-of-a-kind workshop. The skills of CMoG’s glassblowers bring our participants at the forefront of glass and ceramics experimentation, while the cooperation with mudac gives them the possibility of exhibiting their prototypes in one of Europe’s most respected design museums”, says Mathias Schwartz-Clauss (director, Domaine de Boisbuchet).

“The participants of the workshop will be facing many creative challenges - they will need to please the visitors’ noses and eyes in shape and touch, find original ways to contain scent while allowing it to develop and finally make sure to provide a secure display for an exhibition’s installation. We are sure that these “limitations” will trigger the participants’ imagination and we can’t wait to see what they come up with!”, underlines Claire Favre Maxwell (co-director, mudac).
 
Workshop title:
Ol-Factory
Workshop tutors:
Studio Glithero
Location:
Domaine de Boisbuchet
16500 Lessac, France
Dates:
July 19th > July 29th 2017
Curatorial team:
Mathias Schwartz-Clauss - director & curator, Domaine de Boisbuchet
Claire Favre Maxwell - co-director & curator, mudac
Technical team:
Carlos Guisasola Suarez - technical manager, Domaine de Boisbuchet
Tom Ryder - glassblower, CMoG
Lewis Olson - glassblower, CMoG
Hadrien Venat - ceramist & kiln specialist
Website:
www.boisbuchet.org/ol-factory-with-glithero-cmog-mudac
Social media hashtags:
#Boisbuchet2017
#OlfactoryContest
 
#Boisbuchet2017
The theme for the 2017 edition of Boisbuchet’s workshop programme is “Grow the Future Now”. From the current political issues to the global environmental crisis, the future of the world needs to be drastically questioned and re-thought – a role designers and architects must endorse. In the course of the summer of 2017, participants will be asked to look at a future that calls for creative minds to take responsibility and action as much as to experiment, play, and learn.

Domaine de Boisbuchet
[www.boisbuchet.org]
Located in the South West of France, Domaine de Boisbuchet is an innovative cultural centre focused on architecture and design education and exhibition. Founded by Alexander von Vegesack (former founding-director of the Vitra Design Museum), since 1989 Boisbuchet invests in a culture that respects the past and builds for the future, encouraging a sustainable relationship between the natural and the man-made and offering a creative environment for people of all cultures to share. Carefully curated by its director, Mathias Schwartz-Clauss, each summer Boisbuchet hosts a series of workshops - led by international leading designers and architects.

mudac
[www.mudac.ch/en]
Since 2000, the museum of contemporary design and applied arts (Lausanne, Switzerland), holds a large collection of jewelry, product design, print and glass. Profoundly innovative in its approach, the museum proposes a yearly audacious programme of up to eight exhibitions among which is a series of carte blanche - an opportunity given to up and coming designers from all around the world. The mudac will soon be relocated at Plateforme10, a new space in Lausanne designed by Portuguese architect Aires Mateus and entirely dedicated to culture.

studio Glithero
[www.glithero.com]
London based design studio Glithero was founded by Tim Simpson and Sarah van Gameren, who met and studied product design at the Royal College
of Art in London, under the guidance of Ron Arad. Glithero’s approach blurs the boundaries of design, oscillating between motion, time and transformation.
Focusing on the making process rather than on the final product itself, Glithero’s work explores a wide spectrum of media, but follows a consistent conceptual path - capturing and presenting the beauty in the moment things are made.

CMoG
[www.cmog.org]
The Corning Museum of Glass (Corning, New York) is home to the world’s most important collection of glass. Aiming at encouraging and supporting the revival of the glassblowing industry/art, CMoG organises glassblowing demonstrations, proposes a year-round glassmaking school programme and tours the world with its highly technological and sophisticated mobile hot spot, the Glass Lab , which enables live glass design sessions in