Between tradition and innovation, the Wonderglass range of crystal chandeliers combine glass with LED technology and fine craftsmanship, whilst Water Balloon Rom is an installation born from the collaboration of Torafu Architects with a glass artist where each light bulb is made by hand using glass recycled from fluorescent lamps.
Canadian designer Guillaume Sasseville, instead, draws inspiration from Austrian glassmakers for his Verre Commun project, a collection of glass tumbler in the English style and Margaux Keller choose the craftsmanship for Les Pescadous, a collection of handmade glass bottles with a fishing float used as a lid top designed for Roche Bobois.
In the collection Still designed for Lobmeyr, Formafantasma combines glass and copper to create a magical alchemy that trasforms into a ritual an ordinary everyday gesture such as the purification of tap water; whilst Roos Gomperts’ project Foam & Glass brings together foam and glass, two materials that are visually and physically opposites, highlighting their relationship.
Best of #glass:
– Wonderglass
– Water Balloon Room
– Lace
– Tokujin: Wings of Sparkle
– Nya Nordiska: Tex Glass
– Verre Commum
– Les Pescadous
– The flavour of water
– Foam & Glass
Top: Torafu Architects, Water Balloon Room, Konica Minolta Plaza, Tokyo