The opulent look of Murano glass is on the rise, propelled in part by a new wave of home goods and accessories inspired by the centuries-old aesthetic.
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Last Tuesday, Peter Dupont and Breanna Box drove from London to Troubridge, a rural English town, to hand-replenish their stock of glassware. Dupont, from Denmark, played electronic music in the car which Box, raised in Los Angeles, describes as “weird, commercial happycore gone wrong.” Box puts on Haddaway’s “What is Love?” as she admits that music taste might be their biggest difference. Together the couple, whose two-year anniversary is at the end of this month, have launched a collection of home goods with their new company, HEVEN.
When lockdown first struck in New York, Box had just finished her first glass-blowing course. Given the impending travel restrictions, she rushed back home with her class-made cup and paperweight in tow, returning to Dupont and their flat in London. At home together for the longest period of time since they signed the lease, Box and Dupont finally made their space reflective