Leon Ransmeier

, Ransmeier Inc.
Leon Ransmeier
American, b. 1979

Leon Ransmeier was born in New York in 1979.  In 2001, he graduated with a B.F.A. in furniture design from the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence.

In 2004, Ransmeier founded Ransmeier Inc., an industrial design practice based in New York City.  In 2007, he co-founded the design firm DBA with partners Erik Wysocan and Patrick Sarkissian, where he worked as creative director of design for three years.

Throughout his career, Ransmeier has worked on design collaborations with Droog, Established & Sons, and Herman Miller. His work is included in the permanent collections of The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) and the Rhode Island School of Design Art Museum.  His work was featured in the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum’s 2006 National Design Triennial, Design Life Now, and in the 2010 National Design Triennial, “Why Design Now?.”

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Designer Leon Ransmeier describes working at GlassLab on Governors Island, July, 2012.

Events
GlassLab will appear on Governors Island, Summer 2012
GlassLab at Governors Island |
June 30 - July 29, 2012 from 11:00am - 6:30pm
The Corning Museum of Glass will once again partner with Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum to present GlassLab this summer. On weekends, from June 30 to July 29 on New York’s Governors Island,... more
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NINE WAYS TO USE A PITCHER design concept by Leon Ransmeier for GlassLab on Governors Island 2012
NINE WAYS TO USE A PITCHER design concept by Leon Ransmeier for GlassLab on Governors Island 2012
NINE WAYS TO USE A PITCHER design concept by Leon Ransmeier for GlassLab on Governors Island 2012
NINE WAYS TO USE A PITCHER design concept by Leon Ransmeier for GlassLab on Governors Island 2012
NINE WAYS TO USE A PITCHER design concept by Leon Ransmeier for GlassLab on Governors Island 2012
NINE WAYS TO USE A PITCHER design concept by Leon Ransmeier for GlassLab on Governors Island 2012
NINE WAYS TO USE A PITCHER design concept by Leon Ransmeier for GlassLab on Governors Island 2012
NINE WAYS TO USE A PITCHER design concept by Leon Ransmeier for GlassLab on Governors Island 2012
NINE WAYS TO USE A PITCHER design concept by Leon Ransmeier for GlassLab on Governors Island 2012
NINE WAYS TO USE A PITCHER design concept by Leon Ransmeier for GlassLab on Governors Island 2012
NINE WAYS TO USE A PITCHER design concept by Leon Ransmeier for GlassLab on Governors Island 2012
NINE WAYS TO USE A PITCHER design concept by Leon Ransmeier for GlassLab on Governors Island 2012
NINE WAYS TO USE A PITCHER design concept by Leon Ransmeier for GlassLab on Governors Island 2012
NINE WAYS TO USE A PITCHER design concept by Leon Ransmeier for GlassLab on Governors Island 2012
NINE WAYS TO USE A PITCHER design concept by Leon Ransmeier for GlassLab on Governors Island 2012
NINE WAYS TO USE A PITCHER design concept by Leon Ransmeier for GlassLab on Governors Island 2012
NINE WAYS TO USE A PITCHER design concept by Leon Ransmeier for GlassLab on Governors Island 2012
NINE WAYS TO USE A PITCHER design concept by Leon Ransmeier for GlassLab on Governors Island 2012
NINE WAYS TO USE A PITCHER design concept by Leon Ransmeier for GlassLab on Governors Island 2012
NINE WAYS TO USE A PITCHER design concept by Leon Ransmeier for GlassLab on Governors Island 2012
NINE WAYS TO USE A PITCHER design concept by Leon Ransmeier for GlassLab on Governors Island 2012
Designer Leon Ransmeier at GlassLab on Governors Island, July 2012
Designer Leon Ransmeier at GlassLab on Governors Island, July 2012
Designer Leon Ransmeier at GlassLab on Governors Island, July 2012
Designer Leon Ransmeier at GlassLab on Governors Island, July 2012
Designer Leon Ransmeier at GlassLab on Governors Island, July 2012
Designer Leon Ransmeier at GlassLab on Governors Island, July 2012
Glassmaker Jason Minami works with designer Leon Ransmeier at GlassLab on Governors Island, July 2012
Gaffer Eric Meek works on a prototype designed by Leon Ransmeier
Designer Leon Ransmeier at GlassLab on Governors Island, July 2012
Designer Leon Ransmeier at GlassLab on Governors Island, July 2012
Designer Leon Ransmeier at GlassLab on Governors Island, July 2012
Designer Leon Ransmeier at GlassLab on Governors Island, July 2012
Designer Leon Ransmeier at GlassLab on Governors Island, July 2012
Designer Leon Ransmeier at GlassLab on Governors Island, July 2012
Leon Ransmeier with his design prototype for GlassLab on Governors Island
Leon Ransmeier with his design prototype for GlassLab on Governors Island
Design sketch for Nine Ways to Use a Pitcher, designed by Leon Ransmeier for GlassLab
Designer Leon Ransmeier at GlassLab in Corning, August 2013
Designer Leon Ransmeier at GlassLab in Corning, August 2013
Designer Leon Ransmeier at GlassLab in Corning, August 2013
Designer Leon Ransmeier at GlassLab in Corning, August 2013
Designer Leon Ransmeier at GlassLab in Corning, August 2013
Designer Leon Ransmeier at GlassLab in Corning, August 2013
Designer Leon Ransmeier at GlassLab in Corning, August 2013
Designer Leon Ransmeier at GlassLab in Corning, August 2013
Designer Leon Ransmeier at GlassLab in Corning, August 2013
Designer Leon Ransmeier at GlassLab in Corning, August 2013
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