A reader asked me about the glass
in this post and I just remembered the name of the company who makes them -- Leonardo. You can find these glasses in their
online shop or at Kaufhof where I purchased mine.
The best thing about these glasses, besides the lovely birds in flight in silver and the puffy white clouds are the swizzle sticks - one comes with each glass that you purchase. I have four and serve cocktails in them, but also fruity drinks and well, just about anything really. In the summer I imagine I'll have cold coffee in them with milk and sugar. Yum, or cold chai tea with milk. :) They are called, in German, "Traumvogel" which translates into "dream bird" which I sort of am so these glasses fit my personality quite well.
Aren't they great? I bought mine in the Fall and really, really love them.
(image: leonardo)
Comments
As a kid/early teenager a Leonardo Glass (colorful or with images on it) was a popular birthday gift among girls. Gosh, I hardly ever went to a party wihout handing over one of those glasses, wrapped in clear wrap and with Gummiebears inside :-) Often a little metal tray (in the same color as the glas) was part of the gift...
And as so often when people distance themself from their own taste of the past, "Leonardo Gläser" in the last decade (or so) suddenly became synonymic for "bad taste".
I can see why you like them, though. They do have a certain charme! I wouldn´t get them myself any more, but seeing your post makes me very nostalgic...
Thanks for bringing memories back... :-))
p.s. I just read your comment, Holly, and wanted to tell you that this is one of the things I find to be most interesting in your blog. You can actually see things in a different light than those of us living in Europe our whole lives and I am pretty sure both Europeans and Americans find it very interesting to see the world through your eyes:)
Have a great day! xo
I was not making fun of your taste. I think it is nice that you discovered Leonardo and like their stuff. To me Leonardo is something that came after my "Rainbow Brite"-phase (here it was "Regina Regenbogen") and it brings back fond memories!
So as Karen said, I think I wouldn't buy something very colourfull now, but I stil like their simple forms.
This post was such a nostalgia, thanks a lot!
Iva
the glasses are so cute! hmm, maybe I drop by Kaufhof tomorrow
@ Karen: I had completely forgotten about the glasses as presents and the trays! we did that too in my "youth" in the 90s :)
either way, i think these tumblers are darling, and the swizzle sticks? icing.
ahhh, did someone mention rainbow brite??? i used to love her! seeing her resurrected on emo t-shirts give me mixed feelings...
The worst was when the glasses were kept in an corner cupboard aka "Eckvitrine" (worst case: "mit Innenbeleuchtung!"). Aaaaaawful!!!
Isn´t it tacky, how some people don´t peel the label-stickers off their glasses?
But this also brings back the memories to my favorite Leonardo glass: frosted with a pink flamingo an a black palmtree! I wish I still had it!
Maybe you are interested in visiting their showroom in Bad Driburg, appr. 1 hr drive south of Hannover?
I had the chance to go there once and it was fascinating.
It's really worth going there, I think. You will find lots of inspirations and the atmosphere is great.
http://leonardo.de/de/glass-cube/
I think it is nice seeing someone from abroad discovering things that were hip over here in Germany in the 80s.
So what?!
There were many things of the 80s in the US or elsewhere that people in Germany did not know about...
So it is great to learn from each other and see how things can be seen from a different sight.
I absolutely agree with what Iva Yaneva said about your blog.
Enjoy!
:-)
Astrid