Based in New York City, Sophie Lou Jacobsen is a French-American designer specializing in objects, furniture, and spaces. With a studio established two years ago, her primary focus lies in everyday-use items, often utilizing glass as a medium. Sophie explores the dynamic between objects and users, believing in their innate ability to influence moods. By transforming simple objects and rituals, she seeks to delight and elevate the user experience. Her work embraces the notion that objects should possess a poetic quality, fostering a relationship of mutual respect between humans and the items that surround them.

Sand-cast aluminium, nickel-plated, four at a time

The Spiral Coasters are the odd piece in a glass designer's catalogue. Four coils of sand-cast aluminium, nickel-plated, sold as a set: heavy for their size, cool under a glass, and the object people most often come looking for after Sophie Lou Jacobsen's name itself. They are joined by the Single Stem Spiral Candleholder in the same line, and by two pieces that take the designer's signature wave into metal, the Squiggle Pitcher and the Squiggle Tray, both in mirror-polished stainless steel. The Oblist lists the Spiral set among its coasters.

The Wave Pitcher is borosilicate glass, thin and tough, with a handle that undulates instead of curving. It comes in clear, amber, teal, green and yellow, and it is the piece on which the studio's idea rests: Sophie Lou Jacobsen, a French-American designer working in New York City, makes objects for daily use, most of them glass, and wants them to add something poetic to the small rituals they serve, pouring water included.

Glassware takes up most of the shelf. The Cosmo Coupe, the Tulip Wine Glass, the Angel Flute and the Roma Coupe come in sets of four, clear glass, slender stem, wide bowl. The Trumpet Aperitif Glasses and the Cosmo Cordial Glasses are borosilicate, like the pitcher, which makes them lighter than they look and harder to break. The Piano Cocktail Glasses arrive with stainless steel garnish skewers. A separate family, the Torino rocks glass, the Firenze Nick & Nora, the Milano aperitivo glass and the Venezia collins glass, is set with Swarovski crystals for a bar that dresses up. All of it sits within The Oblist's glass stemware. The large vases are another matter: La Lumiere, La Pierre, La Chaleur, La Vitalité and L'Aurore are hand-blown in New York, sculptural rather than useful, and listed with the gallery's blown glass vases. The Fruit Bowl, the Grande Tasse Set, the Coco Egg Cup Set, the Capri Tray and the Aperitivo plates and bowls round out the table.

Pieces ship from the studio or its partners, with dimensions, materials and colours on their product pages. Design professionals sourcing Sophie Lou Jacobsen glassware and tabletop objects for residential or hospitality interiors can order through the Architect Trade Program, which covers project sourcing and multi-unit orders.