Innovative and creative work
Richard Voit
CEO
![La serie de vasos de cristal NACHTMANN Jules sobre una bandeja redonda para servir. La jarra y el vaso están llenos de agua, cubitos de hielo y rodajas de limón, a su derecha hay lavanda. La copa está llena de vino tinto. El vaso longdrink del fondo está vacío.<br/>](https://img.spiegelau.com/w_640,q_80,v_9f182d,hash_31914e/dam/4000x3000px-Header-Home-n-Content-Teaser-n-Product-Category-Teaser-n-Text-Media-n-PLP-Content/NACHTMANN/until-08-2022/4000x3000px_101980_101978_101979_101977_PR_Jules_01.jpg 1x, https://img.spiegelau.com/w_1280,q_80,v_9f182d,hash_d8930b/dam/4000x3000px-Header-Home-n-Content-Teaser-n-Product-Category-Teaser-n-Text-Media-n-PLP-Content/NACHTMANN/until-08-2022/4000x3000px_101980_101978_101979_101977_PR_Jules_01.jpg 2x)
NACHTMANN Jules
"How tradition and industry inspired functional modern design."
Jet turbines spoke to me because the inherent tension between their precise, intricate appearance, and their potential for power and force. I wanted to embody a feeling of robust strength that was at the same time delicate and refined to the touch. I tried to visualise the feeling of air streaming through a jet in a single static moment. Capturing the feeling of intense power while retaining a sense of refinement and delicateness in the fine lines and ridges of the range. When in flight, a jet gathers and distorts the air, and this is mirrored by the way the curves of the pattern gather and refract light.
// Oliver named the series after his grandmother, who was born in Austria.
This trip was the first time I was able to visit some of the places they grew up, giving me a new sense of connection and understanding with them.
![El vaso de whisky NACHTMANN Punk y el vaso longdrink reposan sobre una chaqueta de cuero con remaches y una cadena.<br/>](https://img.spiegelau.com/w_640,q_80,v_6a6bc7,hash_c46070/dam/4000x3000px-Header-Home-n-Content-Teaser-n-Product-Category-Teaser-n-Text-Media-n-PLP-Content/NACHTMANN/until-08-2022/4000x3000px_99503_99498_PR_Punk_12.jpg 1x, https://img.spiegelau.com/w_1280,q_80,v_6a6bc7,hash_e9b5e2/dam/4000x3000px-Header-Home-n-Content-Teaser-n-Product-Category-Teaser-n-Text-Media-n-PLP-Content/NACHTMANN/until-08-2022/4000x3000px_99503_99498_PR_Punk_12.jpg 2x)
NACHTMANN Punk
"How my punk attitude smashed the image of crystal"
In an art college environment that encourages edginess and unconventional creativity, my urge - in tune with the Punk movement - was to rebel and break out of the ordinary. I began by sketching some of the surfaces and textures of Punk, such as studs, spikes and grids.
Moving on from these liternal translations of key Punk visuals, I progressed to a broader interpretation of the movement, letting the attitude shape the form. I carefully researched NACHTMANN's approach to texture and patterns so I could merge this with the Punk style.
Designing a set of barware featuring areas that break out from the normal shape of the vessel, I broke out of the ordinary. Celebrating Punk's 40th anniversary, I also marked the juxtaposition of Punk and luxury, a trand that's currently making waves in fashion.
![La serie NACHTMANN Shu Fa con el vaso longdrink y el con vaso relleno de whisky en una bandeja de piedra para servir.<br/>](https://img.spiegelau.com/w_640,q_80,v_7650cd,hash_fd017d/dam/4000x3000px-Header-Home-n-Content-Teaser-n-Product-Category-Teaser-n-Text-Media-n-PLP-Content/NACHTMANN/until-08-2022/4000x3000px_98063_98064_PR_Shu_Fa_02a.jpg 1x, https://img.spiegelau.com/w_1280,q_80,v_7650cd,hash_2fa2f1/dam/4000x3000px-Header-Home-n-Content-Teaser-n-Product-Category-Teaser-n-Text-Media-n-PLP-Content/NACHTMANN/until-08-2022/4000x3000px_98063_98064_PR_Shu_Fa_02a.jpg 2x)
NACHTMANN Shu Fa
"Cómo encontramos un vaso de whisky en una montaña china"
En busca de inspiración, examinamos la caligrafía china, en particular las pinturas caligráficas tradicionales con tinta. Buscábamos un símbolo o un trazo de letra que pudiera traducirse en una forma en cristal.
Un trazo llamado "pimacín", utilizado para representar la estructura y textura de las rocas de montaña, reunía todos los atributos necesarios. Al explorar la forma de cada trazo, nuestros experimentos con una versión en 3D demostraron que podía aplicarse a un recipiente con resultados espectaculares.
Tratando el vidrio como nuestro lienzo, con el trazo creando una textura y un ritmo interesantes, nuestra idea cobró vida de forma sorprendente. El trazo caligráfico que elegimos es suave pero fuerte, y funciona bien en el medio del cristal.
![El decantador de Whisky NACHTMANN Sculpture junto al vaso de Whisky NACHTMANN Sculpture, ambos llenos de Whisky. Al fondo un vaso Sculpture vacío sobre una bandeja de servir.<br/>](https://img.spiegelau.com/w_640,q_80,v_222831,hash_d2f356/dam/4000x3000px-Header-Home-n-Content-Teaser-n-Product-Category-Teaser-n-Text-Media-n-PLP-Content/NACHTMANN/until-08-2022/4000x3000px_101968_101984_PR_Sculpture_17.jpg 1x, https://img.spiegelau.com/w_1280,q_80,v_222831,hash_4b94bd/dam/4000x3000px-Header-Home-n-Content-Teaser-n-Product-Category-Teaser-n-Text-Media-n-PLP-Content/NACHTMANN/until-08-2022/4000x3000px_101968_101984_PR_Sculpture_17.jpg 2x)
NACHTMANN Sculpture
"How I turned solid rock into crystal"
When I moved from Turkey to Sweden to study design I never imagined myself designing glassware.
But now I'm in love with the material. I think it's an amazing medium to explore light, reflections and refractions. It's more than a physical solid form ... it has another dimension that you can dig into and play with. For NextGen I went back to basics, to a rugged block of rock. I imagined a sculptor carving the rock and catching a glimpse of crystal. I wanted to capture the beauty inside. I was more interested in showing the process than the finished product ... showing the rough and the smooth. In Sculpture, the complexe geometry of the unfinished part of the crystal vase plays with the reflections of light. Together with the perfection of the finished parts and its brilliant light refraction, NACHTMANN creates a vase or glass that's more like a piece of sculpture.
![El pequeño jarrón ovalado NACHTMANN Quartz lleno de rosas blancas delante del jarrón alto NACHTMANN Quartz lleno de flores blancas sobre un aparador de madera oscura.<br/>](https://img.spiegelau.com/w_640,q_80,v_b5a964,hash_5773ec/dam/4000x3000px-Header-Home-n-Content-Teaser-n-Product-Category-Teaser-n-Text-Media-n-PLP-Content/NACHTMANN/until-08-2022/4000x3000px_88333_88332_PR_Quartz_07.jpg 1x, https://img.spiegelau.com/w_1280,q_80,v_b5a964,hash_08555e/dam/4000x3000px-Header-Home-n-Content-Teaser-n-Product-Category-Teaser-n-Text-Media-n-PLP-Content/NACHTMANN/until-08-2022/4000x3000px_88333_88332_PR_Quartz_07.jpg 2x)
NACHTMANN Quartz
"How I found Quartz near the East River"
I'm originally from Connecticut and Las Vegas, the most and least conservative places in the USA. Anyway, I've lived in Brooklyn for 12 years now, so I guess I'm a New Yorker.
I took on lots of projects during my time at Pratt, but NextGen was probably the most fulfilling. My initial inspiration came from geode rocks ... ordinary stones with crystals hidden inside. Apparently, quartz sand is one the basic raw materials for producing crystal glass and I was fascinated by the sparkling surface of its crystalline structure. I explored the possibility of patterning the inside - rather than the outside - of the vessel with a crystal pattern using the geode as a visual metaphor. In the end I decided that it was the pattern itself that should be showcased. The brilliant crystal and the pattern of the bowl have a wonderful sparkling light refraction that people seem to enjoy ... I know i do.