“From Broken to Made Again”: Renaissance Glassware from La Soufflerie

“From dark to light, from death to life. From broken to made again”: This is how French glassware co. La Soufflerie describes their new Renaissance recycled glass collection, and all of us are taking note. Here are seven pieces we like:

Above: The Alien en Carafe (top, $49) “has the same wonderfully organic and unusual design spirit” as the Alien à Pied cups (lower left, $35). Like everything in the collection, both are made from 100 percent recycled glass. Above: The elegant Eau hand-blown carafe is “sustainable art in a usable form”; $56. Above: Espresso cups, two ways: the Expresso Soucoupe (right, $27) has a glass “saucer” attached to the base; the more minimal Expresso (left, $21) does not. Above: The subtly flared, oversized Glass Vase XXL ($56) is shaped by hand (and would make an excellent utensil holder, among other things). Above: Another multi-use vessel, the Mulino Due ($56) takes cues from amphoras with its two handles.

For more, browse the full collection here.

And for more on La Soufflerie, see:

• The DIY Duplex: The Owners of Glass Workshop La Soufflerie Designed and Built Their Paris Rooftop Apartment
• Object of Desire: La Soufflerie Tete Vases
• Design Sleuth: La Soufflerie’s Handblown Glassware