Glass, solid by hearth, is more and more changing into a sizzling matter in style—assume Coperni’s newest Swipe baggage and Pat McGrath’s “glass pores and skin” on the couture runways. Now, in Copenhagen, Annika Zobel Agerled and Josefine Frank Arthur are bringing a fashion-forward perspective to glass by their model Akua Objects.

Based in 2022, Akua Objects made its public debut in November final 12 months with an exhibition of 100 distinctive glasses offered in an area gallery. Right now, Akua (the Japanese phrase for water) is dwelling to 13 collections, and is already starting to department out into new classes like chandeliers, ornamental objects, and jewellery. The model has additionally been an enormous hit with the style crowd, gracing tables at occasions for the likes of Sea New York, By Malene Birger, Ganni, and Cecilie Bahnsen.

Arthur, a Swede with a enterprise diploma and expertise in style communications, runs the enterprise, whereas Agerled, a Danish style stylist, is accountable for artistic. The latter’s fascination with glass, a fabric that’s without delay sturdy and fragile—very similar to the present state of the world—comes from rising up the daughter of an vintage vendor. And the collections symbolize a spread of aesthetics: The Bertel assortment, that includes feminine figures, pays homage to the Nineteenth-century Danish sculptor and museum founder Bertel Thorvaldsen, whereas the Augusta line options mouth-watering sweet stripes.