Beer Glass, for "Falcon" beer, designed by Jasper Morrison and Tony Arefin, made by Kosta Boda, Sweden, 1992. Cardboard box for beer glass.

Glass tumbler with sides slightly flaring towards the rim. On the front of the glass a silhouetted image of the glass in reserve on an etched rectangle. Brown cardboard box marked "Kosta Boda" etc. It appears to have no relation in design terms to the glass or bottle C.78,79:1-1994.

Given by Jasper Morrison

In Sweden manufacturers are not allowed to advertise beer and therefore a strong individual identity is necessary because they rely on point of sale promotion. The Falcon brewery therefore decided to commission a specially designed bottle to launch its new beer. Because it was a new beer the company were quite happy for a totally different design. Their main specification was that it had to be a dark coloured bottle, not transparent glass, as light shortens the beer's shelf life. They also wanted the graphics to be screen-printed. Jasper Morrison worked with the graphic designer Tony Arefin to produce the cardboard box for packing bottles, the beer mat and promotional beer glass, as well as the bottle itself. The traditional beer bottle shape was redesigned and the typeface changed from a traditional uppercase typeface and the symbol of the falcon bird omitted.
The company had seen Jasper Morrison's work in exhibitions of British design in Sweden. His previous work in glass included carafes made from old wine bottles and vases for an Italian company, Cappelini Spa. (Notes made by Julia Bigham of PDP, following a telephone conversation with Jasper Morrison).

Packaging for beer glass (C.79:1-1994). The box appears to have no relationship (in design terms) to the glass.

C.79:1, 2-1994