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For "Falcon" beer

Beer Glass
1992 (designed and made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Glass
  • Box
TitleFor "Falcon" beer (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Hand-blown and acid-etched glass. Brown cardboard.
Brief description
Beer Glass, for "Falcon" beer, designed by Jasper Morrison and Tony Arefin, made by Kosta Boda, Sweden, 1992. Cardboard box for beer glass.
Physical description
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.
Dimensions
  • Height: 14.1cm
  • Width: 6.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'JM' (In the corner of the etched rectangle)
  • 'Kosta Boda' etc. (On side of box)
Credit line
Given by Jasper Morrison
Object history
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.
Associated object
Collection
Accession number
C.79:1, 2-1994

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Record createdJanuary 28, 1998
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