Bordeaux-based sculptor Etienne Meneau created the Strange Carafe collection to demonstrate how wine can be modern. His unusual wine decanter designs combine art and functionality, blending geometric shapes with natural forms in a way he describes as "pure living geometry and algebra." Meneau aims to astonish viewers with his work and turn conventional understandings "around geometry and nature."

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"I embrace the mis-
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24. Etienne Meneau
Bordeaux based sculptor Etienne Meneau creat-
ed the Strange Carafe collection in order to
demonstrate "how wine becomes modern.". An
unusual approach to wine decanters, his designs
combine art with functionality and induce their
viewers astonishment. "my work turns around geometry
and nature, I love to put some flesh on gemonterical
shapes ...it's pure living geometry and algebra."

25. 1. Goldfish Bowl. Secondome 2.
Bestiary Stoppers, Bela Silva for
Vista Alegre 3. Animale Bull De-
canter, Arte Italica 4. Cat's Meow
Reamer, IMM Living 5. Animal Pil-
sner Glases, Arte Italica 6. AI
Cane Napkin Holder, L'Abitare 7.
Funny Fauna Teapot, Secondo me
8. Drink to Life Stoppers, Imm
Living 9. Animal Shot Glass, Molla
Space 10. Wild Side Shot Glasses,
Imm Living 11. Elixer of Life Cup,
Imm Living 12. Peking Duck Foot,
Serax 13. Horn Rimmed Glasses,
George Agius 14. Snout Cup,
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