In 2021, when squiggles and shakes and shakes Took over the home design landscape, glassware There were no exceptions: passing through stem and wavering silhouette Instagram became regular fixtures on tablescapes, embracing the fad wholeheartedly. Lately, the trend has leaned more toward the more surreal, even bizarre.
Now, more and more glassware looks as if they are melting, dripping, or melting onto the surface of whatever table they’re placed on. Take home ranges from high-end retailers like SSense And moda operandiFilled with insanely distorted glasses that look as if they could function as contemporary sculptures. brightly colored glasses from Riraaptly named “Added” seriesWhich look as if a child has clumsily molded them from clay. coupe from full functions Collapse and drip completely on their own – pooling at the base like melted wax pooling at the bottom of a pillar candle. The MoMA Design Store’s highball glasses appear to be permanently turned to the left, defying hurricane winds in real time. Meanwhile, this bormiolo rocco glasses Designed by Ross Lovegrove it looks as if someone has broken a regular rocks glass in his hand like a bad first draft.
At Table Top, an August show at Driveway Gallery in Brooklyn, renowned architect James Vine and his environmental art studio site Glass candlesticks resembling molten wax were introduced. Michael Yarinsky, co-founder of AD PRO directory design firm physical location officehelped curate the show as part of his dinner party series and upcoming book A New Futuristic Cookbookand describes this style of glassware as a return to the craft. “This kind of sensual design can’t be easily reproduced in the mass market,” he says, which is in line with trends we’re seeing towards more handcrafted items, even for everyday drink and eats.
