Modernism had a love affair with light — in both design and architecture. The material most closely associated with that pursuit was glass. Architects valued its immateriality: a building composed with glass could almost disappear.
In the domestic interior, glass performed a similar role on a smaller scale. It allowed design to redraw the home graphically — sometimes down to the smallest details, such as stemware.
These Orrefors schnapps glasses belong to that moment. Their long attenuated stems and lightly tinted bowls reduce the object almost to an outline. They are so light they barely register in the hand, using light itself to define their form — something like the drawn clarity of a glass in a Charles Schulz Snoopy domestic scene.
Why it works
The design is defined by proportion rather than ornament — a quiet expression of Scandinavian modernism applied to everyday ritual.
Dimensions
Height: approximately 16 cm
Diameter: approximately 5 cm
