Constantin and Laurene Boym

, Boym Partners, Inc.
“Phoenix” vessels made from blown, broken, and reassembled glass. “Broken Flower” vases made of cane/shard flowers to which real flowers could be added. In homage to Marcel Duchamp, who in 1919 had Paris air captured in a glass ampule, pink bubbles were made that captured Miami air in 2007.
Constantin and Laurene Boym
Constantin Boym, Russian, b. 1955
Laurene Boym, American, b. 1964
I like that fact that working with glass is a great experiment. You never know exactly what you’re going to end up with, and… you learn from the mistakes to make better and more interesting things. - Constantin Boym
It’s phenomenal. Every session we’re developing new ideas. We’re collaborating with these guys. We’re learning new techniques, and they’re learning techniques they never knew existed. – Laurene Boym

Constantin and Laurene Boym run Boym Partners, Inc., a New York-based design studio established in 1986. Boym Partners designs products such as tableware for Alessi and Authentics, watches for Swatch, lighting for Flos, showrooms and retail displays for Vitra, and exhibitions for Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum in New York, and the National Building Museum in Washington, DC. Objects designed by Boym Partners are included in the permanent collection of The Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Boym Partners’ awards include eight I.D. Magazine Annual Design Awards, the 2009 National Design Award, and two Federal Design Achievement Awards.

Constantin Boym was born in Moscow, U.S.S.R., in 1955. He graduated from Moscow Architectural Institute, and in 1985, he earned a master’s degree in industrial design from Domus Academy in Milan. In 1986, he established Boym Partners, Inc. in New York City. From 1987 to 2000, Constantin Boym was a teacher and program coordinator at the Parsons School of Design. In 2010, he became professor and director of graduate design studies at the Virginia Commonwealth University campus in Qatar.

Laurene Boym was born in New York City in 1964. She earned a BFA in 1984 from the School of Visual Arts in New York, and a MID in 1993 from Pratt Institute in New York. She was a founder of the Association of Women Industrial Designers (AWID) in 1992, and was Designer-in-Residence at the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum in 1993. She joined Boym Partners, Inc. in 1995. Laurene Boym also teaches design at the Parsons School of Design and the School of Visual Arts in New York.

Videos: 

In May, 2008, GlassLab presented at the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. Designers Constantin & Laurene Boym describe working at GlassLab during this event.

In May, 2008, GlassLab presented at the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. Designer Laurene Boym describes working at GlassLab during this event.

Designers Constantin and Laurene Boym describe working at GlassLab during a two-day design session at The Corning Museum of Glass, August 7 - 8, 2012.

Events
GlassLab Design Session: Constantin & Laurene Boym
GlassLab Design Session: Constantin & Laurene Boym |
August 7 - 8, 2012 from 10:00am - 12:00pm
Designers Constantin and Laurene Boym work with Museum glassmakers to explore and prototype their design concepts in a public GlassLab session at the Museum’s Hot Glass Show on the Courtyard Stage.... more
GlassLab at the Cooper Hewitt, National Design Museum 2008
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum |
May 17 - June 3, 2008
GlassLab graced the elegant garden of the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, with more than 10 days of design performances. Designers included Harry Allen, Laurene and Constantin Boym, Michelle... more
Matali Crasset at GlassLab at Design Miami 2007
Design Miami/ Art Basel Miami 2007 |
December 6 - 9, 2007
GlassLab debuted at Design Miami/Art Basel Miami in December 2007 with a hotshop setup in the middle of the Miami Design District at Oak Plaza. Designers included the Campana Brothers and Matali... more
Process: 
Design drawing by designers Constantin Boym and Laurene Boym for GlassLab at Design Miami
Design drawing by designers Constantin Boym and Laurene Boym for GlassLab at Design Miami
Design drawing by designers Constantin Boym and Laurene Boym for GlassLab at Design Miami
Design drawing by designers Constantin Boym and Laurene Boym for GlassLab at Design Miami
Designers Constantin Boym and Laurene Boym at GlassLab
Designers Constantin Boym and Laurene Boym at GlassLab
Designers Constantin Boym and Laurene Boym at GlassLab
Designers Constantin Boym and Laurene Boym at GlassLab at Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, New York 2008
Designers Constantin Boym and Laurene Boym at GlassLab at Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, New York 2008
Designers Constantin Boym and Laurene Boym at GlassLab
Designers Constantin Boym and Laurene Boym at GlassLab
Designers Constantin Boym and Laurene Boym at GlassLab at Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, New York 2008
Designers Constantin Boym and Laurene Boym at GlassLab
Designers Constantin Boym and Laurene Boym at GlassLab
Designers Constantin Boym and Laurene Boym at GlassLab
Designers Constantin Boym and Laurene Boym at GlassLab
Designers Constantin Boym and Laurene Boym at GlassLab
Designers Constantin Boym and Laurene Boym at GlassLab
Designers Constantin Boym and Laurene Boym at GlassLab
Designers Constantin Boym and Laurene Boym at GlassLab
Designers Constantin Boym and Laurene Boym at GlassLab
Designers Constantin Boym and Laurene Boym at GlassLab
Designers Constantin Boym and Laurene Boym at GlassLab
Designers Constantin Boym and Laurene Boym at GlassLab
Designers Constantin Boym and Laurene Boym at GlassLab
Designers Constantin Boym and Laurene Boym at GlassLab
Designers Constantin Boym and Laurene Boym at GlassLab
Designers Constantin Boym and Laurene Boym at GlassLab
Designers Constantin Boym and Laurene Boym at GlassLab
Designers Constantin Boym and Laurene Boym at GlassLab
Design concept by Constantin and Laurene Boym for GlassLab in Corning, August 2012
Design concept by Constantin and Laurene Boym for GlassLab in Corning, August 2012
Design concept by Constantin and Laurene Boym for GlassLab in Corning, August 2012
Design concept by Constantin and Laurene Boym for GlassLab in Corning, August 2012
Designers Constantin and Laurene Boym in a GlassLab Design Session in Corning, NY, August 2012
Glassmakers Chris Rochelle and Catherine Ayers work with designers Constantin and Laurene Boym in a GlassLab Design Session in Corning, NY, August 2012
Glassmakers Chris Rochelle and Aaron Jack work with designers Constantin and Laurene Boym in a GlassLab Design Session in Corning, NY, August 2012
Designers Constantin and Laurene Boym in a GlassLab Design Session in Corning, NY, August 2012
Designers Constantin and Laurene Boym in a GlassLab Design Session in Corning, NY, August 2012
Designers Constantin and Laurene Boym in a GlassLab Design Session in Corning, NY, August 2012
Glassmakers Chris Rochelle and Aaron Jack work with designers Constantin and Laurene Boym in a GlassLab Design Session in Corning, NY, August 2012
Designers Constantin and Laurene Boym in a GlassLab Design Session in Corning, NY, August 2012
Constantin Boym in a GlassLab Design Session in Corning, NY, August 2012
Designers Constantin and Laurene Boym in a GlassLab Design Session in Corning, NY, August 2012
Designers Constantin and Laurene Boym in a GlassLab Design Session in Corning, NY, August 2012
Designers Constantin and Laurene Boym in a GlassLab Design Session in Corning, NY, August 2012
Constantin Boym in a GlassLab Design Session in Corning, NY, August 2012
Constantin Boym in a GlassLab Design Session in Corning, NY, August 2012
Gaffer Aaron Jack works with designer Constantin Boym in a GlassLab Design Session in Corning, NY, August 2012
Designers Constantin and Laurene Boym in a GlassLab Design Session in Corning, NY, August 2012
Designers Constantin and Laurene Boym in a GlassLab Design Session in Corning, NY, August 2012
Gaffer Aaron Jack works with designers Constantin and Laurene Boym in a GlassLab Design Session in Corning, NY, August 2012
Designers Constantin and Laurene Boym in a GlassLab Design Session in Corning, NY, August 2012
Designers Constantin and Laurene Boym in a GlassLab Design Session in Corning, NY, August 2012
Glassmakers Catherine Ayers and Aaron Jack work with designers Constantin and Laurene Boym in a GlassLab Design Session in Corning, NY, August 2012
Designers Constantin and Laurene Boym in a GlassLab Design Session in Corning, NY, August 2012
Designers Constantin and Laurene Boym in a GlassLab Design Session in Corning, NY, August 2012
Glassmakers Chris Rochelle and Aaron Jack work with designers Constantin and Laurene Boym in a GlassLab Design Session in Corning, NY, August 2012
Glassmakers Chris Rochelle and Catherine Ayers work with designers Constantin and Laurene Boym in a GlassLab Design Session in Corning, NY, August 2012
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