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glassware that confronts people with the global distribution of clean drinking water
year 2022
category Products & Furniture
commissioned by
from left: Sub Saharan Africa 30%; Europe and Northern America 96%; Western Asia & Northern Africa 79%; Latin America 75%; Central & Southern Asia 62%; World average 74%;
image credit: Francesco Allegretto
detail of the engraved bottom;
image credit: Francesco Allegretto
Access – water glassware is a set of six drinking glasses. It confronts the people dining, with the global distribution of clean drinking water. Each glass represents a specific region and translates the available percentage of clean water access.
Each glass consists of a base and a cup part, together they make up 100 percent. The transparent part shows the safely accessable drinking water. Whilst the colored base, refers to a limited access of water, the engraved lines on the bottom stand for the unimproved amount in that region. An engraving allocates what region the glass represents.
concept sketch
“We often take clean and fresh tap-water for granted - maybe we should see it more often in relation to other areas, to cherish it more and use it in a respectful way ”
glass that represents Central and Southern Asia;
image credit: Francesco Allegretto
process picture of the glass blowing process;
image credit: Francesco Allegretto
engraving in the making;
image credit: Francesco Allegretto
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material
mouth blown glass, engraved
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dimension
12 cm x 6,5 cm
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curated by
Elisa Testori
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produced by
Vetreria Simone Cenedese and Eugenio Panizzi
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team
Katharina Mischer, Thomas Traxler, Sophia Stoewer, Florian Semlitsch, Christoph Heidebrecht
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