Heart of glass

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Daring and delicate, tinted or fluted, glass is the material that’s exciting today’s leading designers, with the likes of Patricia Urquiola, Piero Lissoni and Nendo finding ways to push its possibilities (and our expectations)

PHOTOGRAPHY MICHAEL SINCLAIR

‘Noctambule F3’ floor lamp by Konstantin Grcic for Flos, £3,890, The Conran Shop (conranshop.co.uk). ‘Planet’ sculpture in ‘Soft Pink’ by Lena Bergström, £3,750, Vessel Gallery (vesselgallery.com). ‘Melt’ chair by Nendo, £15,500, Wonderglass (wonderglass.com). ‘Rayures’ screen by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec for Glas Italia, £5,274, Silvera (silveraltd.co.uk). ‘Robotin’ coffee table by Patricia Urquiola, £1,947, Glas Italia (glasitalia.com). Bespoke cast-glass block, £100, Wonderglass (wonderglass.com). ‘Peephole’ container by Lola Lazaro Hinks, £320, Flow Gallery (flowgallery.co.uk). ‘Time Rock Stack XV’ sculpture by Dawn Bendick, £11,000, Charles Burnand Gallery (charlesburnand.com). ‘Melt’ stool by Nendo, £3,500, Wonderglass (wonderglass.com)

‘Rayures’ screen, as before. ‘Orbit’ side table by Jean-Marie Massaud, £3,693, Poliform (poliform.it). Big ‘Bandaska’ vase by Dechem Studio, £360, Mint Gallery (mintgallery.co.uk). ‘Imagine X’ sculptural objects (split across two tabletops), £1,150, Laura McKinley (lauramckinley.co.uk). ‘Soda’ coffee table by Miniforms, £1,493, RB12 (rbtwelve.com)

‘Robotin’ coffee table, as before. ‘Decay ll, Smaragdgreen, 2023’ sculpture by Trine Drivsholm, £2,760, Flow Gallery (flowgallery.co.uk). ‘Aalto’ vase by Alvar Aalto for Iitala, £142, SCP (scp.co.uk). ‘Press Vertical’ tealight holder, £50, Tom Dixon (tomdixon.net). ‘Clear’ platter, £800; ‘Pine’ small bowl, £465; ‘Pine’ cup, £165, all by Celia Dowson, Flow Gallery (flowgallery.co.uk). ‘Time Rock’ sculpture in ‘Monochromatic Blue’ by Dawn Bendick, £2,200, Joanna Bird (joannabird.com)

‘Popol’ vase by Gommaire, £213.60, RB12 (rbtwelve.com). ‘Casa’ decanter by BD Barcelona, £89, Silvera (silveraltd.co.uk). ‘Bon Bon Cocktail With a Twist’ glass, £342, Helle Mardahl Studio (hellemardahl.com). ‘Diamond in the Rough’ vase, £2,250, Juli Bolaños-Durman (julibd.com). Bespoke cast-glass block, £100, Wonderglass (wonderglass.com). ‘Sferico’ glass by Joe Colombo for Karakter, £24, Cassina (cassina.com). Fluted glass panel (in background), £380 per sq m, Preedy Glass (preedyglass.com)

‘Rayures’ screen, as before. ‘New Wave’ stool by Lukas Cober (two shown), £4,960 each, Mint Gallery (mintgallery.co.uk). ‘Untitled (Vision), 2023’ artwork (on wall) by Sophie Kitching, £8,000, The Finch Project (thefinchproject.com). ‘Aura’ pendant light by Sabine Marcelis, £3,156, Established & Sons (establishedandsons.com). ‘Louvre’ desk, £5,500, EJ

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