Max Lamb's curvaceous glass is designed specifically for lemonade
New York 2016: the shape of this hand-blown lemonade glass by British designer Max Lamb mimics the silhouette of two lemons stacked on top of each other (+ slideshow). More
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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. More
Norlan glass uses biomimicry to improve whiskey-tasting experience
Fledgling design brand Norlan and Icelandic designer Sruli Recht have launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise funding for a whiskey glass that creates waves in the alcohol to aerate it. More
Martin Jakobsen designs spherical Quido cocktail glass
Czech designer Martin Jakobsen has created a globe-shaped cocktail glass that keeps liquids contained with a giant silicone stopper (+ slideshow). More
Sempli aims to provide "ultimate beer glasses" with Monti collection
Los Angeles design brand Sempli has launched a set of glasses designed for enjoying different types of craft beer. More
Bilge Nur Saltik's glass OP-vases create kaleidoscopic floral effects
London Design Festival 2015: Turkish designer Bilge Nur Saltik has created a line of hand-cut patterned glass vessels that create a kaleidoscope effect when filled with flowers (+ movie). More
Fabrica designers display fruit in unusual ways with Tutti Frutti glass sculptures
Maison&Objet 2015: designers at Italian research studio Fabrica have created a set of glass sculptures for presenting fruit. More
Sigmund's Travelling T-Laboratory tea set packs away into a phallic tube
Finnish designer Iiro A Ahokas has created a tea set that fits neatly together inside an insulated cup shaped like a "bawdy" test tube. More
Iiif’s glassware collection represents different types of volcano
Design March 2015: French and Icelandic design collective Iiif has designed Petits Volcans, a glassware collection comprising five vessels that represent different types and stages of volcano. More
Kristine Five Melvær's Liv vases encircle flowers with a glass hood
Flowers are framed within the sliced spherical tops of these glass vases by Norwegian designer Kristine Five Melvær (+ slideshow). More
Labvert's glass fragrance tester for Dior prevents mixing of scents
Viennese design studio Labvert has produced a glass fragrance tester for fashion house Dior to replace the slips of card normally used when sampling perfumes. More
Superduperstudio designs "spillproof" wine glasses
To avoid spillages at the dinner table, San Francisco duo Superduperstudio has shaped these wine glasses so they rest at an angle when knocked over (+ movie). More
Claesson Koivisto Rune refines the Champagne glass
Stockholm studio Claesson Koivisto Rune has teamed up with a Champagne expert to design a version of the classic glass flute. More
Kristine Five Melvær experiments with glass blowing to create Graphic Vases
Norwegian designer Kristine Five Melvær has explored different glass-blowing techniques to create colourful patterns on this series of bulbous vases (+ slideshow). More
Bouroullec brothers design minimal coloured Ruutu vases for Iittala
French designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec have created a set of diamond-shaped coloured vases for Finnish design brand Iittala (+ slideshow). More
Benjamin Hubert's WW Carafe features a steel aerator to improve wine's flavour
Maison&Objet 2014: London designer Benjamin Hubert has developed a carafe that decants wine through a stainless steel aerator to improve its flavour. More
Jeremy Maxwell Wintrebert exhibits blown-glass "clouds" at Gallery Fumi
London Design Festival 2014: a series of glass objects by artist Jeremy Maxwell Wintrebert, including lights designed to look like clouds, are on display at Gallery Fumi in east London (+ slideshow). More
Alliance glass collection encourages drinkers to match wine with water
Design Academy Eindhoven students Florence Louisy and Léo Schlumberger have developed a collection of glassware to coax users into drinking a glass of water for every alcoholic beverage they consume (+ slideshow). More
Plantation pots combine hand-thrown porcelain with discarded glasses
Polish artist and designer Alicja Patanowska has created a collection of hand-thrown ceramic plant pots that fit inside old glasses so both stem and roots can be seen. More
Kate Moss' left breast used to shape Champagne glass
News: a London restaurant has created a Champagne coupe from a mould of British model Kate Moss' breast. More