In the kitchen or in the living room, on the table or on the bedside table: glass is everywhere, but do we really know how to appreciate its value?
It silently accompanies our daily gestures. Behind its apparent simplicity lies an extremely complex nature, forged by artisan precision and embellished by extraordinary versatility.
Used for millennia, glass is capable of assuming infinite shapes and colors, adapting to functional needs and inspiring architects and designers. It is not just a container: it is a light filter, a reflective surface and a decorative element of great charm.
Glass is a choice that combines environmental responsibility, functionality and emotion. Her sensory properties they are used to create objects capable of communicating with people, entering into a relationship with the emotions and rituals of everyday life.
Glass Emotions by Sophie Lou Jacobsen
It is from these reflections that the work of draws inspiration Sophie Lou Jacobsen, a French-American designer based in New York, who has chosen glass as the guiding principle of her design research. For Jacobsen, this material perfectly embodies the poetry and romanticism of everyday objects.
Glass is a living and generous element, but also vulnerable and impetuous. And it is in these contradictions that our material generates affection and empathy in those who use it.
Jacobsen captures the fascination of everyday objects and their influence on our emotional well-being. His collections, which include carafes, glasses, butter dishes, sugar bowls and wall lamps, are born from the observation of domestic life and habitual gestures, which are enhanced in their transparent beauty.
His creations, mainly made in blown glass, they seem to have come out of a suspended time: they have familiar but never predictable shapes, soft colours, and an allure that oscillates between nostalgia and contemporaneity.
The result is a design that does not shout, but whispers; that does not flaunt, but accompanies. And that manages to transform every daily gesture into a small poetic ritual.
Source: vogue.it
