The Groovelator is a perfect example of our approach to problem-solving: iterative, hands-on, and deeply integrated with our artistic process. Each design tweak brings us closer to achieving our vision, while simultaneously opening new avenues to explore in the future. 

Lecturing at Arup after the completion of the worlds largest glass sculpture, Solaire, was a reflection on the power of collaboration. Nikolas Weinstein discussed the development of flexible glass textiles and how this innovative approach allows him to build large scale artworks in glass that transform architectural spaces.

Presenting at Ennead Architects offered Nikolas an opportunity to step out of the studio and see his work from a new perspective. Discussing the development of flexible glass textiles and their impact on a recent large-scale installation in Manila helped him reflect on how this innovative approach continues to transform architectural spaces.

Small Firms, Great Projects, a publication by the American Institute of Architects in San Francisco has featured our work in their 19th Edition, released in September 2024 in the State of the Art section.

After producing Bar Agricole almost a decade ago, we collaborated again with Aidlin Darling on the American Institute of Architects new home base in San Francisco; the famous Hallidie Building by Willis Polk.

Hello, Emily here. I thought seeing this recent sculpture from an outsider’s perspective might be a nice way to present this new piece from Nikolas. So I spoke with HL Lim, a founder of LTW Design Works in Asia about his partnership with Nikolas on the Shangri-La Hotel Midtown in Hangzhou.

Just before Christmas, we completed our largest and most complex installation to date. We are now emerging from our new year's slothdom to announce that the Noble House Sculpture is airborne!

Question: What do Nikolas Weinstein Studios, President Enrique Pena Nieto, Chancellor Angela Merkel, President Vladimir Putin, and World Bank President Jim Yong Kim have in common?

Imagine our delight when we were contacted by Manuel Fadat, a French curator, researcher, critic and teacher who "geeks out" on technology as much as we do. He works for Oudeis, a laboratory dedicated to the digital, electronic and media arts. Manuel has included Nikolas in a series of interviews he’s done about the links between glass and digital technologies seen through a variety of lenses.

Glass conducts light more efficiently than any other material. This efficiency is why glass holds so much dynamic potential for sculpture; by constantly changing the sculpture with the passage of natural light throughout the day.

Every summer the Glass Art Society [GAS] holds their annual conference in a different US city. This year the theme for the conference was "Glass, Art, and Technology." This was a great fit for us and we were pleased they invited Nikolas to speak. His lecture was titled, “Engineering Art.”

Nikolas posted about this project in Hong Kong when it was being installed back in February. Now that we've got final photography I wanted to pop in quickly and share these images of the Artwork we did for Swire Properties' Arezzo residential tower.

Process images from our Hong Kong installation for Swire Properties’ latest residential project.

Hi, this is Emily. Since we haven't posted in a while and I actually have some pretty cool things to share, I'm commandeering the blog today. I’m excited to tell you about two recent events that put us in the public spotlight: An article featuring Nikolas in the Art and Design issue of 7×7, and an award for one our recently completed projects.

Shortly before quitting time on Monday, the Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade from the United States Commerce Department dropped by to present us with an award for export achievement.

Most of us here at the studio are, to one degree or another, geeks. We're constantly swapping youtube videos of interesting machines, we huddle eagerly around any new tool that comes into the studio, we throw around jargon like "oval sleeve" and "durometer" and "bullnose" and "inclinometer" with wild abandon, and we love McMaster-Carr almost more than life itself. And we use CAD. A lot. And more and more as we find (and invent) new uses for it.