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2012

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2025

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Photo Panel, Nine Ways to Use a Pitcher, 2012

This is a Photo panel. It was designed by Leon Ransmeier and photographed by Ransmeier Inc.. It is dated 2012.

The handles in these pitchers accommodate different user behaviors. Ransmeier made cardboard prototypes to establish the basic shape and performance of each vessel. He worked with artisans from GlassLab, a mobile hot-glass studio operated by the Corning Museum of Glass, to translate his prototypes into glass.

It is credited Courtesy of the designer.

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Beautiful Users.

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