Harry Allen

, Harry Allen Design
Bowls and glasses with hand imprints inspired by the act of holding vessels. Glass stretched to make wishbones. Cane used as decoration for a “spiny” bowl inspired by underwater creatures. Glass waffles pressed on an old-fashioned waffle iron. Cups in various sizes fused together. Techniques used were glassblowing, fusing, blowing into a plaster mold with hand prints, picking up a sand-cast hand print, hot-sculpting, cane decoration, and pressing.
Harry Allen
American, b. 1964
In front of a group of spectators, [Allen] and the glass blowers filled a wok with loose change and poured in molten glass… Areaware will be producing the [coin] bowl… making it the first GlassLab prototype to reach the market…— I.D. Magazine, March / April 2009

Harry Allen was born in New Jersey in 1964. He earned a B.A. in political science from Alfred University in 1986, and an M.I.D. in industrial design from Pratt Institute in 1993.

Allen founded his design consultancy, Harry Allen Design, in 1993. He works in the areas of industrial design, graphic design, interior design and corporate identity. Clients include Moss Gallery, Habitat, the Guggenheim Museum, Eastman Kodak, Warner Brothers, Ikea, Aveda, Estee Lauder, Dom Perignon, Areaware, Steuben, and Umbra.

Allen’s awards include the I.D. Magazine Design Review award in 2009 for Best in Category (Packaging), the Industrial Designers Society of America Yearbook of Design Excellence Bronze Award in 2007, and the International Package Design Award (Cosmetics Category Leader) in 2003 and 2006.

Videos: 

Designers Harry Allen and Chris Hacker describe working at GlassLab during a two-day design session at The Corning Museum of Glass, August 21 - 22, 2012.

Industrial designer Harry Allen came to The Corning Museum of Glass to work on ideas for his line of objects cast from real life. In this session at the Museum, Allen made prototypes of glass waffles cast in new and antique waffle irons.

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

Events
GlassLab Design Session: Harry Allen
GlassLab Design Session: Harry Allen |
August 21 - 22, 2012 from 10:00am - 12:00pm
Designer Harry Allen works with Museum glassmakers to explore and prototype his design concepts in a public GlassLab session at the Museum’s Hot Glass Show on the Courtyard Stage. Sessions run... more
Hot Glass Roadshow
Glass Art Society Conference/Toledo Museum of Art |
June 15, 2012 from 6:30pm - 10:30pm
The Corning Museum of Glass will have two hot glass demonstrations at the Toledo Glass Art Society Annual Conference. The main stage will be situated in the SeaGate Convention Centre, where a variety... more
Yves Behar at GlassLab at Design Miami 2008
Design Miami 2008 |
December 5 - 7, 2008
GlassLab was presented in 2008 at Design Miami/Art Basel, working with six designers over the course of the fair: Yves Béhar, Michele Oka Doner, Tim Dubitsky, Paul Haigh, and Steven and William Ladd... 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
Process: 
Harry Allen GlassLab design program
Harry Allen GlassLab design program
Harry Allen GlassLab design program
Harry Allen GlassLab design program
Harry Allen GlassLab design program
Harry Allen GlassLab design program
Harry Allen GlassLab design program
Harry Allen GlassLab design program
Harry Allen GlassLab design program
Harry Allen GlassLab design program
Harry Allen GlassLab design program
Harry Allen GlassLab design program
Harry Allen GlassLab design program design drawing
Project Waffle with designer Harry Allen for GlassLab
Project Waffle with designer Harry Allen for GlassLab
Project Waffle with designer Harry Allen for GlassLab
Project Waffle with designer Harry Allen for GlassLab
Project Waffle with designer Harry Allen for GlassLab
Project Waffle with designer Harry Allen for GlassLab
Project Waffle with designer Harry Allen for GlassLab
Project Waffle with designer Harry Allen for GlassLab
Project Waffle with designer Harry Allen for GlassLab
Project Waffle with designer Harry Allen for GlassLab
Project Waffle with designer Harry Allen for GlassLab
Project Waffle with designer Harry Allen for GlassLab
Project Waffle with designer Harry Allen for GlassLab
Project Waffle with designer Harry Allen for GlassLab
Project Waffle with designer Harry Allen for GlassLab
Project Waffle with designer Harry Allen for GlassLab
Project Waffle with designer Harry Allen for GlassLab
Project Waffle with designer Harry Allen for GlassLab
Project Waffle with designer Harry Allen for GlassLab
Project Waffle with designer Harry Allen for GlassLab
Project Waffle with designer Harry Allen for GlassLab
Project Waffle with designer Harry Allen for GlassLab
Project Waffle with designer Harry Allen for GlassLab
GlassLab design session with Harry Allen at the Glass Art Society (GAS) Conference in Toledo, Ohio, June 15, 2012
GlassLab design session with Harry Allen at the Glass Art Society (GAS) Conference in Toledo, Ohio, June 15, 2012
GlassLab design session with Harry Allen at the Glass Art Society (GAS) Conference in Toledo, Ohio, June 15, 2012
GlassLab design session with Harry Allen at the Glass Art Society (GAS) Conference in Toledo, Ohio, June 15, 2012
Gaffers Annette Sheppard and Eric Meek work on a design prototype by Harry Allen for GlassLab
GlassLab design session with Harry Allen at the Glass Art Society (GAS) Conference in Toledo, Ohio, June 15, 2012
GlassLab design session with Harry Allen at the Glass Art Society (GAS) Conference in Toledo, Ohio, June 15, 2012
Gaffer George Kennard works on a design prototype by Harry Allen for GlassLab
Gaffer George Kennard works on a design prototype by Harry Allen for GlassLab
GlassLab design session with Harry Allen at the Glass Art Society (GAS) Conference in Toledo, Ohio, June 15, 2012
Gaffer George Kennard works on a design prototype by Harry Allen for GlassLab
GlassLab design session with Harry Allen at the Glass Art Society (GAS) Conference in Toledo, Ohio, June 15, 2012
The mold for a prototype by Harry Allen for GlassLab
GlassLab design session with Harry Allen at the Glass Art Society (GAS) Conference in Toledo, Ohio, June 15, 2012
Gaffer Eric Meek works on a bowl prototype by designer Harry Allen for GlassLab
GlassLab design session with Harry Allen at the Glass Art Society (GAS) Conference in Toledo, Ohio, June 15, 2012
GlassLab design session with Harry Allen at the Glass Art Society (GAS) Conference in Toledo, Ohio, June 15, 2012
GlassLab design session with Harry Allen at the Glass Art Society (GAS) Conference in Toledo, Ohio, June 15, 2012
GlassLab design session with Harry Allen at the Glass Art Society (GAS) Conference in Toledo, Ohio, June 15, 2012
GlassLab design session with Harry Allen at the Glass Art Society (GAS) Conference in Toledo, Ohio, June 15, 2012
GlassLab design session with Harry Allen at the Glass Art Society (GAS) Conference in Toledo, Ohio, June 15, 2012
GlassLab design session with Harry Allen at the Glass Art Society (GAS) Conference in Toledo, Ohio, June 15, 2012
Gaffer George Kennard works on a design prototype by Harry Allen for GlassLab
Rocketship prototype by designer Harry Allen for GlassLab
Prototypes by designer Harry Allen for GlassLab
Bowl with hand imprint prototype by designer Harry Allen for GlassLab
Prototype by designer Harry Allen for GlassLab
Vase prototype by designer Harry Allen for GlassLab
Vase prototype by designer Harry Allen for GlassLab
Design concept by Harry Allen and Chris Hacker for GlassLab in Corning
Design concept by Harry Allen and Chris Hacker for GlassLab in Corning
Design concept by Harry Allen and Chris Hacker for GlassLab in Corning
Design concept by Harry Allen and Chris Hacker for GlassLab in Corning
Design concept by Harry Allen and Chris Hacker for GlassLab in Corning
Design concept by Harry Allen and Chris Hacker for GlassLab in Corning
Harry Allen and Chris Hacker at GlassLab in Corning, August 2012
Harry Allen and Chris Hacker at GlassLab in Corning, August 2012
Glassmakers George Kennard and Tom Ryder work with Harry Allen and Chris Hacker at GlassLab in Corning, August 2012
Glassmakers George Kennard and Tom Ryder work with Harry Allen and Chris Hacker at GlassLab in Corning, August 2012
Glassmaker Tom Ryder works with Harry Allen and Chris Hacker at GlassLab in Corning, August 2012
Harry Allen and Chris Hacker at GlassLab in Corning, August 2012
Harry Allen at GlassLab in Corning, August 2012
Harry Allen and Chris Hacker at GlassLab in Corning, August 2012
Harry Allen at GlassLab in Corning, August 2012
Harry Allen at GlassLab in Corning, August 2012
Harry Allen at GlassLab in Corning, August 2012
Harry Allen and Chris Hacker at GlassLab in Corning, August 2012
Harry Allen at GlassLab in Corning, August 2012
Harry Allen and Chris Hacker at GlassLab in Corning, August 2012
Harry Allen and Chris Hacker at GlassLab in Corning, August 2012
Harry Allen and Chris Hacker at GlassLab in Corning, August 2012
Harry Allen and Chris Hacker at GlassLab in Corning, August 2012
Harry Allen and Chris Hacker at GlassLab in Corning, August 2012
Gaffer George Kennard works with Harry Allen and Chris Hacker at GlassLab in Corning, August 2012
Harry Allen and Chris Hacker at GlassLab in Corning, August 2012
Glassmakers George Kennard and Tom Ryder work with Harry Allen and Chris Hacker at GlassLab in Corning, August 2012
Harry Allen and Chris Hacker at GlassLab in Corning, August 2012
Glassmaker Tom Ryder works with Harry Allen and Chris Hacker at GlassLab in Corning, August 2012
Glassmakers George Kennard and Tom Ryder work with Harry Allen and Chris Hacker at GlassLab in Corning, August 2012
Gaffer George Kennard works with Harry Allen and Chris Hacker at GlassLab in Corning, August 2012
Design prototype by Harry Allen and Chris Hacker for GlassLab in Corning, August 2012
Design prototype by Harry Allen and Chris Hacker for GlassLab in Corning, August 2012
Design prototype by Harry Allen and Chris Hacker for GlassLab in Corning, August 2012
Design prototype by Harry Allen and Chris Hacker for GlassLab in Corning, August 2012
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