Michael Anastassiades designs Sommelier Collection of glassware for wine connoisseurs
London designer Michael Anastassiades has created a range of wine glasses that have to rest inside metal bowls in order to stand up.Designed for French silverware company Puiforcat, the Sommelier Collection includes glasses in various shapes and sizes for different types of wine, a matching carafe, and a range of stands and coolers. Cyprus-born Anastassiades, best known for his minimal lighting designs, worked with sommelier Enrico Bernando to create the wine glasses. Each has faceted sides and a pointed bottom, which means they can only stand upright when placed into accompanying metal supports."On the table, anchored to their stand, the glasses are perfectly stable," said Puiforcat. "Laid down outside the stand, they sway softly for a few seconds before finding a new balance."Superduperstudio produced a set of "spillproof" wine glasses with similarly shaped bases so they rest at an angle when knocked over. The thin bowls that support the glassware in...