Explore - Glass

Cheer Up Glass

It's tough to argue with this tumbler, which practically demands that you pour a splash of fresh OJ (or make it a screwdriver if the time is right), sit back, sip, and smile. It's from Fish's Eddy...

$5.50
Aino Aalto Clear Bowl

This classic bowl will serve you—and your friends and family—well throughout the year. Its simple shape and elegent execution is ideal for filling with your favorite side, from potatoes...

$22.00
Cheers Wine Glasses

Cheers! A Votre Santé! Kampai! However you want to say it, these glasses are ready for clinking. Bottoms up, birthday person!

$20.00
Cool Ice Bucket

Keep cool with Bodum's double-wall glass ice bucket. The layer of air will keep ice colder, longer, and the eight color options mean at least one will fit your festival style.

$50.00
Wall Tears

Hopefully the only tears on one's birthday are tears of joy or these Wall Tears, designed by Andi Kovel for Esque. The teardrop-shape globes are handmade from recycled glass and look just like...

$198.00
Stellaria Votive Holder by Tapio Wirkkala

Another of Finland's 20th century design superstars, Tapio Wirkkala, designed everything from hunting knives to lightbulbs to land art monuments. Wirkkala often retreated to his Lapland cabin to...

$24.95
Series 28.37

Though it looks like a topsy-turvy bouquet of bubbles, this chandelier's 37 individual bulbs were made with molten glass, not soap and water.
Ripple Sand Clock

If you live in San Francisco and feel like browsing a wonderland of Japanese design gifties, a trip to New People—a three-story shop, gallery, and underground movie theaters—is in order...

$25.00
Bubble Smoke Digout Vase

Slim stems and blooming buds appear to hover in this faintly tinted glass double bubble.

$11.70
Milk Bottle Lamp

A favorite find from ICFF was Studio Gorm's Milk Bottle lamps. The Eugene, Oregon-based studio creates the hand-blown pendants with either one shade, or a unique shade-within-a-shade design, some...
Reflection

The original Mirror Puzzle was a not-so-standard jigsaw—Wong substituted reflective pieces for standard printed cardboard. Ascalon’s black-and-brass stained glass evolves the thoughtful...
Medium Straight Glass

We love Sausalito, California–based Heath Ceramics for carrying the torch of mid-century design and California manufacturing. For their drinking glasses, they linked up with an 80-year-old...

$26.00
Faceted Mirror Table

This edgy, angular Faceted Mirror Side Table’s antiqued mirror surface reflects and refracts light, creating demention and lightening up the look of any room.

$199.00
Cube Aerium

The novelty of a terrarium never ceases to amaze—scaled-down ecosystems contained within glass! These Aeriums of lichens, moss, and tillandsias are a fresh take on the beloved garden...

$22.00
TranSglass Carafe

Crafted from recycled glass bottles, these carafes blend a smart sensibility with sustainable design principles. We love that the top doubles as a glass—perfect to keep bedside if you...

$66.00
Lindsey Adelman

03.25.09
Jermy Pyles

12.11.09
Göran Hongell

Göran Hongell (1902-1973) Born in Helsinki, Finland. Artist and glass designer Göran Hongell was one of the pioneers of Finnish glass tradition. Back in the 1930s, he presented a first v...

12.30.09
Houses We Love

Mass Modern

A Martha’s Vineyard retreat surpasses the traditional boundaries of Cape Cod architecture with a contemporary design by Harvard professor and practicing architect Toshiko Mori.

written by: Marc Kristal

photos by: Iwan Baan

07.04.12
Product of the Day

Socks Rolled Down Tableware by Marimekko

Marimekko's new product line for the year includes the Socks Rolled Down series of glassware and serving pieces. The tumblers, pitchers, dishes, and bowls designed by Anu Penttinen feature a...

written by: Diana Budds

08.07.12