Michael Anastassiades designs Sommelier Collection of glassware for wine connoisseurs
London designer Michael Anastassiades has created a range of wine glasses that have to rest inside metal bowls in order to stand up.
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Designed for French silverware company Puiforcat, the Sommelier Collection includes glasses in various shapes and sizes for different types of wine, a matching carafe, and a range of stands and coolers.
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Cyprus-born Anastassiades, best known for his minimal lighting designs, worked with sommelier Enrico Bernando to create the wine glasses.
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Each has faceted sides and a pointed bottom, which means they can only stand upright when placed into accompanying metal supports.
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"On the table, anchored to their stand, the glasses are perfectly stable," said Puiforcat. "Laid down outside the stand, they sway softly for a few seconds before finding a new balance."
Superduperstudio produced a set of "spillproof" wine glasses with similarly shaped bases so they rest at an angle when knocked over.
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The thin bowls that support the glassware in the Sommelier Collection are silver plated with a mirror-polished finish both inside and out.
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"Wherever the glasses are put down, they cast a subtle pattern of geometric reflections that brings new life and structure to the entire table setting," Puiforcat said.
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A pair of wine coolers in the same material and with similar forms allow the bottles to be stored either upright or laid at an angle. The collection also includes a champagne bucket and a six-bottle cooler, as well as a coaster for red wine bottles.
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Anatassiades also recently made his first foray into furniture design, launching a sofa with London retailer SCP.
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His latest lights include lamps formed from two balanced spheres, and a range comprising tubular bulbs and brass rods arranged in various configurations.