Pinocchio - Maya Design

Pinocchio

THE INNOVATIVE GLASS DESIGN

It has two parts that fit together with an easy brass joint. Pinocchio is a product of design in which the crystal goblet and the wooden handle are divided in order to be better managed. Designed for wine lovers and sommeliers who can change the glass and more. For every wine has its glass: Pinocchio.

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A SINGLE WOODEN STEM, MANY GLASSES

IS IT THE HOOK? WITH A SIMPLE BUT REVOLUTIONARY GESTURE

And here it is the strength of our Pinocchio: the crystal goblet can also have different shapes and change easily while keeping the oak stem. The calyx and stem are joined with an interlocking brass joint. Revolutionary as simplicity is. Innovative and functional to enrich the experience of the wine tasting.

THE WOODEN STEM CAN BE ADJUSTED TO YOUR PREFERENCE

Pure handmade craftsmanship add value to our Pinocchio. Just as the glass can be adjusted in different shapes, suitable for tasting, the wooden stem of our glass can also take different shapes. It is the artisan tradition that comes to life, as in the story of master Collodi. A tradition of quality that innovates and responds to the requests of wine lovers, wine professionals and sommeliers.

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“Pinocchio”, chalice with a wooden heart
and with a crystal soul

The opinion of the president of the Design Campus,
Massimo Ruffilli

At first glance, what does this object communicate?
“It is a piece of design aimed at evoking the traditions of the ancient Tuscan chalice, with reference to the technologies of the best Florentine artistic craftsmanship. However, the idea of dividing the object into two parts, using different materials, and making it decomposable is a highly modern concept: it allows the glass to be washed, while instead allocating the underlying part to natural aging”.

What do you think of the reference to the figure of Pinocchio?
“The reference to the wooden puppet allows for a precise memory of Carlo Lorenzini’s universal masterpiece. Indeed, 2015 marks the 150th anniversary of Florence being the capital of Italy: Lorenzini, like Artusi, was a protagonist of the high Florentine literature of the late nineteenth century”.

Let’s talk about the shapes of this wine glass
“The shape of the glass is captivating and original because it is rare to find a wooden handle. This is both a morphological and stylistic novelty: in the history of the object we find handles in silver, pewter, ceramic, glass but very rarely in wood. A warm material that contributes to the visual success of the object but also to its functionality, in maintaining the right temperature of the wine.
I would also go so far as to say that this shape and these materials make me see the object with another possible function: an elegant candle holder, placed on a beautiful summer table. In essence it is not a re-design of the object, but rather a rethinking of it. At the moment, in my opinion, we are really saturated with modern forms in the “Bauhaus style”, with excessively minimal lines and essential volumes. We are not in Germany, we are in Italy, in Tuscany: I’m not saying let’s go back to the Baroque, I’m saying let’s go back to our forms, more complex and soft. It is our past and should not be denied.”

At first glance, what does this object communicate?
“It is a piece of design aimed at evoking the traditions of the ancient Tuscan chalice, with reference to the technologies of the best Florentine artistic craftsmanship. However, the idea of dividing the object into two parts, using different materials, and making it decomposable is a highly modern concept: it allows the glass to be washed, while instead allocating the underlying part to natural aging”.

What do you think of the reference to the figure of Pinocchio?
“The reference to the wooden puppet allows for a precise memory of Carlo Lorenzini’s universal masterpiece. Indeed, 2015 marks the 150th anniversary of Florence being the capital of Italy: Lorenzini, like Artusi, was a protagonist of the high Florentine literature of the late nineteenth century”.

Let’s talk about the shapes of this wine glass
“The shape of the glass is captivating and original because it is rare to find a wooden handle. This is both a morphological and stylistic novelty: in the history of the object we find handles in silver, pewter, ceramic, glass but very rarely in wood. A warm material that contributes to the visual success of the object but also to its functionality, in maintaining the right temperature of the wine.
I would also go so far as to say that this shape and these materials make me see the object with another possible function: an elegant candle holder, placed on a beautiful summer table. In essence it is not a re-design of the object, but rather a rethinking of it. At the moment, in my opinion, we are really saturated with modern forms in the “Bauhaus style”, with excessively minimal lines and essential volumes. We are not in Germany, we are in Italy, in Tuscany: I’m not saying let’s go back to the Baroque, I’m saying let’s go back to our forms, more complex and soft. It is our past and should not be denied.”

DEDICATED TO REFINED AND CONSCIOUS SOMMELIER AND WINE LOVERS

Pinocchio is an innovative piece of design that Maya Design dedicates to an aware and refined public of wine lovers. Sommeliers and professionals who appreciate the world of wine, one who truly knows how to discover and enhance all the potential this glass has to offer with its wooden heart and crystal soul.