"Museums Glass Innovation Center Wins a DESIGN OF THE DECADE Award"
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Corning Museum of Glass
Corning, NY, USA United States of America

The Glass Innovation Center of The Corning Museum of Glass won a Bronze Award in the prestigious Designs of the Decade: Best in Business 1990-1999 Awards Competition co-sponsored by The Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) and Business Week magazine. The award recognizes the most compelling design/business success stories of the 1990s and honors products and strategies that have made a significant business impact. The Glass Innovation Center, one of the elite 36 winners, is the only museum so honored. Other winners include the Volkswagen New Beetle and Apple Computer's iMac. The winners, selected by top business, design, and education executives, represent the icons of design from the past 10 years. The report on the competition will be published in the November 29 issue of Business Week magazine (on sale now) and in the spring 2000 issue of IDSA's publication, Innovation.

The Museum's entry was submitted by Ralph Appelbaum Associates, exhibit designer for the Glass Innovation Center. The Corning Museum of Glass is undertaking a $62 million renovation. On June 19, 1999, the Museum debuted major new facilities including: the Glass Innovation Center, which tells the stories of world-changing technological breakthroughs in glassmaking; a glass Sculpture Gallery; a new glass entryway; the Nature of Glass Theater, which awakens visitors to the power and magic of glass; seven new glass shops; and a new restaurant. Throughout 2000 the final components of the museum will open, including: the renovated Art and History Galleries, with a renewed exhibition of the world-renowned collection; the Regional Visitors Center, which will introduce travelers to the attractions of the Finger Lakes region; the new home of the Rakow Library, the world's library of record for glass; and Crystal City, an exhibit on the history of glassmaking in the town of Corning.

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