Skyline Glass announces Color + Water, a collaboration with Boston-based designer and artist Kelly Harris Smith. Created from watercolor studies scanned at 1200 dpi, Smith’s artwork is writ large, meticulously printed and tempered into large scale glass in Skyline’s Chicago studio.
Painterly gestures wash across the glass, capturing the idiosyncrasy of pigment suspended in water. The result is watercolor at an unexpected scale on a refined substrate, supporting a calm atmosphere of fascination.
Color + Water
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Designed with health-centered environments in mind, Color + Water is designed to foster curiosity and protect emotional well-being. The collection is scalable and color customizable, making it adaptable for a wide range of architectural glass applications including partitions, wall cladding, and feature walls.
The ritual of painting has become a way to slow down and reset at the end of each day,” said Kelly Harris Smith. “Much of my design work is rooted in structure and systems, so this practice is about loosening control and allowing pigment to move in less predictable ways. Translating these small, personal studies into glass at an architectural scale has been a surprise and delight.
Color + Water joins Skyline’s extensive design library, which includes more than 500 standard patterns and collaborations with industry leaders such as Jill Malek, Suzanne Tick, the estate of Alexander Girard, and Patricia Urquiola.
About Kelly Harris Smith
Kelly Harris Smith is a design director and CMF leader, specializing in sustainable material systems, including natural, bio-based, recycled, and upcycled materials. She co-founded FilzFelt, which was acquired by Knoll in 2011, where she previously served as Creative Director and Vice President of Design. Across textiles, architectural installations, lighting, and furniture, Smith’s work is grounded in careful analysis of how people experience materials over time through touch, movement, durability, and use.
About Skyline
Founded in Chicago in 1983, Skyline is one of the leading manufacturers of decorative architectural glass in North America. The company continues to expand the creative potential of glass, offering solutions ranging from patterned, textured, laminated, and painted glass to switchable, bird-safe, and acoustic systems for commercial and architectural applications.
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