There was a time when air travel promised elegance – a sense of ease, a touch of luxury, and the romance of going elsewhere. Flying felt special. It was an occasion, a quiet kind of glamour. The image of 90s icons jetting off to places only they knew, dressed to impress or effortlessly pared back, remains etched in memory. Their looks like the era’s design cues feel as timeless today as they did then.
And while much has changed, that sense of wonder hasn’t disappeared entirely. There’s still something electric about boarding a plane, the anticipation of going somewhere new or deeply familiar, the hush before takeoff, the quiet thrill of being high above the world. We look for our row. We settle into our seat. We take off. We order a carbonated beverage (almost always ginger ale) and say yes, please, to ice. We're handed a humble cup – usually plastic now, but once glass – small, stackable, functional, and oddly iconic.
The Cirrus Glass was born from that memory and from a desire to bring a piece of that experience into everyday life. Its shape takes cues from the low-profile tumblers of 90s-era business class: compact, tiered, and quietly refined. We softened the silhouette and updated the material, hand-blowing each from Auralis™ glass to create something light as air, yet made to last. The iconic William Eggleston's Untitled 1971-1974 (Glass on Plane) photo was also a key reference.
Its tiered form allows for seamless stacking. Its scale is just right for a morning espresso, a kombucha, or ending an evening casually sipping cognac with a single ice cube. It’s familiarly minimal.
The sky itself informed the name. Cirrus clouds, the wispy, high-altitude formations that can be mistaken for plane trails, capture the same sense of lightness, motion, and quiet elevation we aimed to distill into the glass.
Whether you're cruising at 35,000 feet or padding barefoot into the kitchen, the Cirrus Glass brings a sense of occasion to the everyday. It’s not just a nod to the golden age of air travel, it’s a way to carry that feeling forward, wherever you're headed next.
