Üvegmanufaktúra & Position Collective

The manufacturer: Üvegmanufaktúra Kft.

Senior artisans working at the Glass Manufactory in Parádsasvár gained 25-30 years of experience in the big factory of the city; now they are transferring their knowledge to younger generations. A few hundred metres from the old factory, the glasshouse preserves the past and traditions of glass manufacturing and offers a direct experience to customers thanks to its familiar atmosphere. It mainly fulfils unique, small series orders such as the replacement of glasses or antique-style lampshades, even those blown in a metal frame, the creation of luminaires for hotels or theatres in cooperation with lighting technology companies, and the production of personalised, engraved or sandblasted chalices and goblets.

The designer: Attila Kertész and Bence Simonfalvi, POSITION Collective

POSITION Collective’s profile is professional object design, sales, and interior design. The originality of their vision is in the personal, intuitive respect of the design concept. Their mission is to use quality local raw materials and the local workforce when creating their products, passing on Hungarian manufacturing traditions. One of POSITION Collective’s trademarks is the unique use of colour and material that characterises them as well as the modularity and customisability rendering POSITION products unique and lasting for both the designers and the customers.

The product: CEL lamp line

Üvegmanufaktúra Kft. and Position Collective created the CEL lamp line consisting of suspenders based on handmade, blown glass technology in Hungary and made in one of the last glass factories in the country. The project intends to emphasise the translucent nature, colourability, and layerability of glass. The concept’s starting point was single-celled algae, diatoms. An essential characteristic of diatoms is their outer rigid cell wall containing silicon dioxide, which constitutes a significant part of the quartz mineral and sand that form the basis of glass production; thus, this inspired the product.