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Vienna Design Week 2013: Lobmeyr Experimental Sweet Factory

By Sam Dunne - October 3, 2013

The Passionwege format returns for this year's Vienna Design Week linking emerging international design talent with what's left of the city's historic industries. Among the designers are Franco-Swiss duo Bertille & Mathieu, who have combined forces with crystal glass and chandelier manufacturer Lobmeyr to make the ultra-high end brand that little bit more accesible.

Having sought inspiration with a visit to the brand's age-old factory, the two designer drew interesting parralels between the process of crystal manufacturer and candy making—both involving the melting and boiling of powders (sand in the case of crystal, sugar in confectionary) and the subsequent depositing, shaping and setting of the molten sustenance into a clear solid.

For the duration of Design Week, the pair have turned the front of Lobmeyr's central Vienna showroom into an "experimental sweet factory"—producing a variety of sophisticatedly flavoured lollipops and candies using the brand's crystal products as their tools, selling the results at a very reasonable 1€ a pop.

Sam Dunne

Sam Dunne is a designer, strategist and writer based in London. Sam is founder of design strategy agency Cohere and Contributing Editor at Core77—reporting broadly on design, technology, food and object culture.

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Congratulations! Three years ago some people in Barcelona created a very similar project called OH!Bcn We experimented with sugar and glass techniques. Here you can see the results.
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