AZURE

CRYSTAL CLARITY

here are certain tropes that would be easy to fall prey to when designing for a crystal company. Luminescent finishes, a faceted facade, a lot of bling. Maybe a few of those diamond-covered Damien Hirst skulls. The potential for banality is great. But you don’t turn to the architects at Snøhetta, as the Tyrolean crystal maker Swarovski recently did, if clichés

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from AZURE

AZURE2 min read
Comforts of Home
As with the piece of infrastructure that inspired it, the Bridge light by Tonone founder and designer Anton de Groof features multiple evenly distributed supports that maintain balance along the linear design. The dimmable LED is sandwiched between t
AZURE5 min read
Hall of Fame
With any celebrity business, a famous face only gets you so far. It takes a skilled behind-the-scenes team to translate star power into compelling products. And in the case of Houseplant, the weed paraphernalia brand led by actor Seth Rogen, credit f
AZURE6 min read
Hunts Point Of View
Atumultuous history of development has characterized Hunts Point Peninsula over the past century. Located along the southeastern edge of the Bronx and bounded by New York City’s East River, Bronx River and the Bruckner Expressway, the largely industr

Related Books & Audiobooks