Lobmeyr Painted Bytterflies

In his first collaboration with Lobmeyr glassworks of Vienna, the New York designer draws upon centuries of historical trends to create a distinctly modern collection that blends utility, beauty and wit.

“I tried to go back in time, to pre-stemware when glasses were both sensible and poetic. They celebrated the contents within,” he says. Muehling found beauty in the simple and utilitarian shapes of Roman and early European glass. He was also taken by the Vienna Secession period and the exquisitely thin pieces that Loos and Hoffman designed for Lobmeyr.