Baccarat in collaboration with Spanish designer and architect, Patricia Urquiola, introduced the series, Variations, at the 2012 Milan Design Week. Charmed by the history of crystal as an art form and inspired by the memory of her father at the piano, the designer was encouraged to delve into the world of crystal and to create a new technique in the production of these stunningly dreamy pieces.
Pleats and folds dominate in the stackable vases, bowls and stemware, usable individually or as part of a collection, some in feminine pastel shades while other pieces emerge in vibrant colours. She used an innovative method of depositing semi transparent lacquers in the base of the glasses and allowing the crystal cuts to work their magic to create a myriad of colours, a play on light.
A fusion of the 18th and 21st century has produced a series which is comprised of functional objects which are most certainly works of art.
Baccarat also introduced, the new CRYSTAL DREAM furniture collection,that takes a fresh look at the unashamed luxury of black crystal, with two new creations from the unique genius of Philippe Starck, the world of design’s drollest agent provocateur.
Until very recently made only to order, the Crystal Supper Black table and the Small Crystal Supper Black table are now available from the catalogue: from the brilliant light of day to inky shades of darkness, Baccarat and Philippe Starck have created an alchemy of crystal in all its quintessential brilliance.
