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Friday Jun 06, 2008
Bombay Sapphire's Glass Design Winner Has Koonsian Flair
Bombay Sapphire has announced the U.S. winner of its 2008 Designer Glass Competition: Mia Ferrera Wiesenthal of Brooklyn created "On the Rocks" (pictured above, at left), a stemless martini glass nestled in a crystal rock-like formation. The design also won the People's Prize Award, receiving the most votes from visitors to Bombay Sapphire's website. Perhaps we just view the world through Koons-colored glasses, but the first thing we thought of when seeing Wiesenthal's design was Jeff Koons's "Diamond (Blue)" (pictured above, at right), the massive sculpture that sold (to Kiev-based billionaire Victor Pinchuk, we hear) for a cool $11.8 million last fall at Christie's. We think the design's Koonsian flair will stand Wiesenthal in good stead as she heads to London this September to represent the U.S. in the global competition. Meanwhile, the national prize nets her $3,000 and an internship with designer Sami Hayek, the brother-in-law-to-be of another Koons fan, François-Henri Pinault.
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