The designs are to bring out the light and the quality of the glass - if the piece gets too complex or narrative, you begin to compete with this. We really don't know. Of course the glass offers an innate quality of allowing light in and keeping the weather out. Beyond that I think we offer the architect an unprecedented access to freedom with glass. Chihuly Fountains are nice.
Water is to fountains as light is to our pieces.
Chihuly We can rely only on getting our work as much exposure as possible, and on the intelligence of the architects. I think architects are ready for it - buildings are so much more interesting today than they were ten years ago. We're very excited about the prospects of collaborating with architects. To date, our opportunities at collaboration with architects have been somewhat limited. We have designed for particular spaces after the fact of construction and have found those completed projects to be much more satisfying in controlling the scale, quality and proportions of an interior than our other work which is simply purchased and placed in some arbitrary space.