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About this product
Architonic ID: 20798557
Year of Launch: 2004
float | coffeeware
Designed to celebrate everyday rituals, float glassware is a charming addition to a morning routine or an afternoon coffee break. Handblown from borosilicate glass for resistance to thermal shock, each piece is readily used for beverages straight from the freezer or kettle.
The various sizes accommodate a range of tastes and styles, from the solitary espresso drinker to those that delight in a frothy cappuccino. The simple forms reveal and express each layer of a well-made café. Foam, steamed milk, crema, and coffee catch light and are seen in their full intensity, increasing the sensory beauty of a daily experience. The suspended bowl design allows for warming one’s hands on the upper portion or holding by the bottom half to avoid the heat.
Each piece of float glassware is crafted by master glassblowers in the Czech Republic.
product dimensions:
espresso glasses · 2.7 inches (68 millimeters) tall x 1.7-inch (44-millimeter) diameter
coffee / cappuccino glasses · 3.2 inches (80 millimeters) tall x 3.2-inch (80-millimeter) diameter
cappuccino / latte glasses · 4.5 inches (115 millimeters) tall x 3.8-inch (95-millimeter) diameter
latte bowl · 3.8 inches (95 millimeters) tall x 4.3-inch (110-millimeter) diameter
Design by Stephanie Forsythe and Todd MacAllen
versatility:
A liqueur glass used for a shot of chilled grappa on Saturday evening filled with the reviving drip of a Sunday espresso.
beyond caffeine:
When filled with hot cocoa, mulled wine, or warm apple cider—float wards off the winter’s chill.
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Glass
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Designers
Stephanie Forsythe
Canada
Stephanie Forsythe and Todd MacAllen cofounded molo in 2003 and are best known for sharing their ideas and products for flexible, sustainable spacemaking around the world. Over the past three decades, the partners have worked together and led the Vancouver-based studio from humble beginnings to international recognition and acclaim. Along the way, they have assembled a dedicated team and a family of specialized manufacturers that support them in this endeavour. The partners work together to design all of molo’s products and projects, which range in size from a tea set to a museum. Forsythe and MacAllen met in 1994 while studying Architecture at Dalhousie University. Between 1994 and 2003, they worked together on several award-winning architectural projects and competition proposals. These projects included foundational investigations into materials, flexibility, and sustainable space making. The partners built molo around these early explorations and ideas, and they continue to drive the spirit behind the studio. Together, they designed and developed the iconic soft collection, a sculptural line of innovative, flexible space partitions, furniture, and lighting elements made from paper and textile. The award-winning soft collection is well known for its poetic beauty and pragmatic design. It experiences steady, iterative development as Stephanie Forsythe and Todd MacAllen continue their experiential and technical investigations, or as a sensitivity to nature and how the products interact with light and shadow inspires new finishes or colours. Stephanie Forsythe, Todd MacAllen, and molo hold over thirty-five patents and thirty design registrations. They have received numerous international design and architecture awards, including the prestigious Danish INDEX Award for Design to Improve Life for softwall, the Architectural Review AR + D Award for Colorado House, 2010 Emerging Voices Award from The Architectural League of New York and Grand Prize in the Aomori Northern Housing Competition. Their products have been acquired by many museum and gallery collections, including the New York Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), the Chicago Art Institute, Die Neue Sammlung, and the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum.
Todd MacAllen
Canada
Stephanie Forsythe and Todd MacAllen cofounded molo in 2003 and are best known for sharing their ideas and products for flexible, sustainable spacemaking around the world. Over the past three decades, the partners have worked together and led the Vancouver-based studio from humble beginnings to international recognition and acclaim. Along the way, they have assembled a dedicated team and a family of specialized manufacturers that support them in this endeavour. The partners work together to design all of molo’s products and projects, which range in size from a tea set to a museum. Forsythe and MacAllen met in 1994 while studying Architecture at Dalhousie University. Between 1994 and 2003, they worked together on several award-winning architectural projects and competition proposals. These projects included foundational investigations into materials, flexibility, and sustainable space making. The partners built molo around these early explorations and ideas, and they continue to drive the spirit behind the studio. Together, they designed and developed the iconic soft collection, a sculptural line of innovative, flexible space partitions, furniture, and lighting elements made from paper and textile. The award-winning soft collection is well known for its poetic beauty and pragmatic design. It experiences steady, iterative development as Stephanie Forsythe and Todd MacAllen continue their experiential and technical investigations, or as a sensitivity to nature and how the products interact with light and shadow inspires new finishes or colours. Stephanie Forsythe, Todd MacAllen, and molo hold over thirty-five patents and thirty design registrations. They have received numerous international design and architecture awards, including the prestigious Danish INDEX Award for Design to Improve Life for softwall, the Architectural Review AR + D Award for Colorado House, 2010 Emerging Voices Award from The Architectural League of New York and Grand Prize in the Aomori Northern Housing Competition. Their products have been acquired by many museum and gallery collections, including the New York Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), the Chicago Art Institute, Die Neue Sammlung, and the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum.
