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One morning last fall, Condé Nast employees sat down to their desks and found their black, office-issued waste bins replaced with versions in bright blue—there was now a recycling bin for every desk and only a couple trash cans per floor. I chose to see the introduction of the recycling bin (my Yves Klein-blue basket, if you will) as an opportunity to fold a bit of environmentally-conscious romance into my mundane office routine, and I convinced myself that my long-held attempts to reduce waste and increase hydration would be a surefire success if only I had an exquisite water carafe and tumbler set by my side. And wouldn t it be lovely if it was pink, hand-painted, and decorated with feathery green fronds? (I had the Lobmeyr x The Webster s Rosalin carafe in mind.)
Since the installation of my carafe, I m happy to say my plastic consumption has indeed dwindled. So in the hopes of inspiring more sustainable personal water cooler moments, I ve gathered a few favorite vessels for a hydration workstation photoshoot, borrowing backdrops from my Vogue colleagues.
Pictured above, in office kitchen, is Tom Dixon’s laboratory apparatus-inspired set. With a tubular handle and beaker-like stem of borosilicate glass, this two-toned water vessel pairs smoky grey and pale pink for a color combination that s pure alchemy.
In the office of Vogue Senior Editor Chloe Schama sits a stack of books (as one would expect from a culture editor), a red lamp from Ylighting (a touch of yellow light amidst the fluorescents makes all the difference), and an atomic-style carafe designed in the 1950s and made in La Roche-en-Brenil, France. C’est chic, non?
In an office once wallpapered by current Garage editor in chief Mark Guiducci, you’ll find a handmade terracotta stoneware pitcher and cup set by Michele Varian. Each piece received a tin glaze (save for the bottom, where the clay is left untreated) and was dipped into paint for a blot-like impression. Here, we have versions in grey, blue, and pink.
Michele Varian Blot Painted Pitcher, $198. Michele Varian Blot Painted Tumblers, $40.
In Vogue.com Executive Editor Jessie Heyman’s office, you’ll find a chic deskscape where the latest issue of Vogue is always at the ready. Illuminated by a geometric lamp by Threshold is Cabana for Moda Operandi’s carafe and cup set. Designed by Cabana magazine-founder and renown tastemaker Martina Mondadori, this hand-blown and hand-painted set of Murano glass (you can feel the difference!) features Tyrolean motifs she once saw in an Austrian antiques store.
Cabana for Moda Operandi Carafe, $700.
A floral, blue and white wallpaper sets the tone at this workstation. Just below Pingu (beloved penguin cartoon and Jacquemus-muse) is a bulbous bottle by Klaas Kuiken. The Dutch artisan upcycles mass-produced green bottles—heating, hand-blowing, and expanding them with generous curves. This is paired with two artful glasses by Washington-based glassmakers Asp and Hand. There s also dried lavender held in a pale pink vase by Year and Day and a ceramic sea urchin from Land of Belle. We would expect no less from the desk of Vogue.com Living Editor Ella Riley-Adams.
Klaas Kuiken Bottles, $110. Asp Hand Big Sweetie Glasses, $75.
Vogue’s Special Events Director Eaddy Kiernan’s office is often filled with seating charts pinned with little name tags colored in pink, blue, and orange. You’ll also find these colors in a mismatched set of glasses that pair ever-so-nicely. On the left, a cotton-candy pink faceted tumbler by Mosser Glass (an Ohio-based company using vintage glass molds). On the right, Cabana for Moda Operandi s hand-painted Murano glass cup, technically a wine glass but it holds water just as well. Elsewhere, wires (telephone, headphones, iPhone chargers) flow. This is one girl who s always connected.
Mosser Glass Tumbler, $72 for a set of 4. Cabana Murano Wine Glass, $255.
Lastly, the desk of yours truly, where you’ll find a neat stack of Vogue notecards, my beloved pair of scissors by Hay, and a succulent—its tapered leaves echo those found in the foliage painted onto the ultra-thin, muslin glass of the carafe. Designed by Melanie Courbet of Les Ateliers Courbet and Laure Hériard Dubreuil of The Webster, the duo crafted a pretty-in-pink carafe and tumbler set. Hand-blown and floriated with a tropical bloom, this glassware accessory adds a touch of the alfresco to my meals eaten al-desko.
Rosalin Water Carafe, $650. Rosalin Water Tumbler, $320.
