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Title: Claus Riedel, Austrian Glassworks.
Post by: Patrick on March 24, 2008, 11:56:39 AM

Hi, During my work on the films I have recently posted I 'Googled' Claus Riedel. It seems that he was well respected in his field.
Quote from the Times March 27, 2004 reads.
"Claus Josef Riedel was a ninth-generation glassmaker who succeeded in producing the first wine-specific glassware — termed the Sommeliers collection — in 1973. He recognised that a glass alters the perception of a wine. His revolutionary stemware philosophy was that form should follow function and content command shape."
Read the whole article here http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article1052135.ece
See the film titled Austrian Glassworks here. http://glassfootage.blogspot.com/
Regards Patrick.

Title: Re: Claus Riedel, Austrian Glassworks.
Post by: Sklounion on March 25, 2008, 06:09:12 AM

Hi Patrick,
An interesting quote from the Times....

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His revolutionary stemware philosophy was that form should follow function

Hardly a breakthrough, just one of the basic tenets of Bauhaus design, as theorized by Hermann Muthesius and Walter Gropius, around fifty years earlier.
Regards,
Marcus

Title: Re: Claus Riedel, Austrian Glassworks.
Post by: Patrick on February 24, 2011, 09:37:48 AM

Hi,
 The link to the film should be http://glassfootage.blogspot.com/2008/03/austrian-glassworks-1968-claus-riedel.html

Regards,
                Patrick.

Title: Re: Claus Riedel, Austrian Glassworks.
Post by: Jindra8526 on February 25, 2011, 10:29:39 AM

Dear Mr Sklounion, can you please find a time and drop me few lines. - brother?
Jindrich
www.cs-sklo.cz

Title: Re: Claus Riedel, Austrian Glassworks.
Post by: Lustrousstone on February 25, 2011, 12:32:47 PM

Marcus is no longer a member, but Anne might have contact information for him.

Title: Re: Claus Riedel, Austrian Glassworks.
Post by: Anne on February 25, 2011, 05:19:00 PM

Jindrich, you can email Marcus via the address shown on the Sklo Union website here: www.sklounion.com