The different glass sizes, each with its own shade of blue, proved popular – at least in Sweden, where everyone tends to have their own opinion on how big a snaps should be.
At launch time, designer Gunnel Sahlin said that it had taken some time for the glasses to find their form. But it finally came along, inspired by forest lichens: “Ever since I was a young girl, I’ve been fascinated by lichen. When working on my design for IKEA PS SKOGSSTJÄRNA I made a lot of sketches, but couldn’t quite find the right harmony. And then suddenly there it was. In one of my hesitant sketches I saw a special lichen, kind of enlarged and a bit lopsided. It’s called a pixie-cup lichen. I kept the character from the sketch. Since each glass is mouth-blown, each one is unique, just like the lichens.”
IKEA PS SKOGSSTJÄRNA was sold at IKEA for three years, until 2012.
