Glazing creatively at Sekurit Imagine Lab

Engineers and designers might approach a new vehicle program from different angles. At Saint-Gobain Sekurit's new Imagine Lab though, the two disciplines work together from a fresh sheet when it comes to new vehicle glass and glazing options. Sekurit built the Imagine Lab co-development space with the Paris-based Meaningful design studio.

The Lab is a modular space that Sekurit can set up at an OEM's design center, with stations set up to showcase Sekurit's new glass and glazing technologies. But, more than that, it's intended to be a space for free thinking, at least at first. Meaningful founder Marine RouitLeduc told SAE Media that all too often, when presented with a somewhat out-there glass idea, engineers believed that it wasn't feasible. “But they don't know all the opportunities that glass can offer,” she said. “We, with our R&D expertise, sometimes [agree] and say no, because we are an engineering company, but sometimes we [know we] can explore with them and push, a little bit, the boundaries.”