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March 2022

Mar 15

Glass chair – Boucheron

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Created and designed for the shooting of the “New Maharajah” collection of famous jeweler of the Place Vendôme, Boucheron, la Compagnie has  produced a glass “throne”.

The client’s request was to showcase his jewelry while giving a royal look to the object. This is when the idea of a glass chair was born. La Compagnie took up the challenge, designing this seat without nails, screws or dowels.

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Secrets of design

The chair is composed of 6 tempered glass plates, with extremely precise dimensions, which have been assembled by UV gluing.

This type of glue allows a powerful, resistant and colorless adhesion. The ultraviolet glue polymerizes under the action of light and more precisely under ultraviolet rays, hence the use of a dedicated lamp (neon color, in the video).

Precised placement of each plate was critical in order to achieving a balanced chair.

Mar 11

Free Poetry

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Free Poetry represents the fingerprints found on the dusty surfaces of the city of Beirut. The technique used consists in represent the original drawing of Stéphanie Saadé on the glass and to cut out the forms by sandblasting at high pressure. The sand abrades the material until it gets through the glass plate.

The documented fingerprints are abstract slips left by passers-by in response to dust.
Coming from abandoned or neglected objects (or buildings) such as cars, houses, stores, these dusty glazed surfaces imply the cessation of interactions or a lack of care. They testify to a refusal to be enslaved by the rhythm with which the city covers its objects with dust.

The Stéphanie Saadé’s work is shown at the Centre Pasquart in Bienne.

The Stéphanie Saadé’s work is shown to the Centre Pasquart in Bienne.

Mar 09

Creation of personalized carafes for the Relais Plaza

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To honor its most loyal customers, the Relais Plaza, mythical Parisian restaurant, called upon the Company for the realization of personalized glass decanters. This original idea was conceived by La Fabrique Singulière and it is la Compagnie that has designed and produced these exclusive decanters. The decanters are personalized with the initials of the regulars and decorated with original motifs created by la Compagnie and inspired by the Art Deco world of the emblematic restaurant of the Plaza Athénée. These decorations were carried out by projection of sand with high pressure which comes to abrade the matter on surface.

The mini-film that tells it all

Mar 07

The unexpected meeting between glass and Fashion Week

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The famous and young Spanish fashion designer, Arturo Obegero, has contacted the Compagnie du Verre for a project that does not lack originality. For its new collection entitled « euphoria », Arturo had imagined a garment made only of pieces of glass, previously collected on the beaches of his childhood. The project, unveiled on June 26, 2021 during Fashion Week, was the subject of an unprecedented production, combining millimetric precision with la Company’s always perfect manufacturing quality.

 

The stages of production of the glass tank top for Arturo Obegero

 

  • Collection of glass polished by the sea on different beaches of the world.
  • Drilling of the glass pieces by diamond drill with a sprinkler system to avoid any thermal shock.
  • Then assembly of the pieces by the artist to create the desired tie and dye effect.
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Besides the beauty of the garment, our main objective in collaborating with Arturo Obegero was to highlight and therefore draw attention to the critical state of our oceans, as eco-responsibility is one of la Compagnie's major commitments. It is worth noting that a collection of depollution has been implemented to collect one by one the pieces of glass that have been polished by the se

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