Verre Commun

Canadian designer Guillaume Sasseville draws inspiration from Austrian glassmakers for his Verre Commun project, a collection of glass tumbler in the English style.

Since 2008, Guillaume Sasseville has been engaged in a search for the common: that point of resonance where materials, objects, spaces, and uses strike a chord.

His work is imbued with a profound respect for the artisan’s craft.

In designing his “common glass,” Sasseville was guided by the sensuous potential of industrial processes.

The biggest inspiration and the source of the formal language of his Verre Commun, were Dominion Glass’s (one of the largest glass manufacturers in Canada) “common tumblers,” as well as the graphic details on a glass produced for Queen Elizabeth’s Jubilee. He further honed his creative process on a study trip to Graz, Austria, where semi-industrial glassware production is still a going concern.

Made of crystal, the common glass possesses a finely calibrated material presence. Like its predecessors, it is a 227 ml tumbler in the English style. In the hand, the common glass, full or empty, has a surprising weight—neither light nor heavy, but rather exact. Its gently sloping curve gradually thickens, cascading from its expertly refined lip (0.6 mm) down to its narrowing base.

Verre Commum
Design: Studio SSSVLL

Verre Commun

Canadian designer Guillaume Sasseville draws inspiration from Austrian glassmakers for his Verre Commun project, a collection of glass tumbler in the English style.

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