Cristal d’Arques Paris has embodied elegance à la Française and beauty within everyone’s reach. While staying true to its values, the brand is now incorporating a casual chic look, inspired by the Art déco trend and the Parisian lifestyle. Drawing on its expertise, Cristal d’Arques Paris is undergoing a makeover by reinterpreting the concept of luxury through a spontaneous and modern approach.
The new collections are inspired by Art déco, with its bold geometric shapes, and its extravagant taste for rounded corners, angled lines and facets. The designs reflect codes in architecture, jewellery and Haute couture.
Featuring stylized shapes, precious colours, symmetrical motifs and perfect proportions, these collections mark a new chapter in the history of table arts and decoration.
With a slight accent that enriches his words, René Barba has kept a charming South American flair from his childhood in Cuba and a decade in Miami. His
fascination with the sea and how it reflects light is closely linked to his passion for glass and its brilliance. Based in France since the early nineties, René Barba developed a passion for glass and started designing prototypes. The Art déco collection came naturally to him, as he is overflowing with this artistic style: clean, geometric lines, the art of angled corners, circles and octagons.
« Glass is perfect for facets, angles, curves and defining proportions. There should be balance between the brilliance of the facets and the more subdued nature of the smooth areas. »
It took a year and a half to design all of the exceptionally lustrous collections, which might one day become iconic:
« When I am designing, I imagine a product that’s not too in-style, one that’s inspired by the past and the future . It’s impossible to design a classic. An object may become a classic, but one can never be sure. »
The Research and Development division has developed a new, exceptionally high-performance Kwarx to meet the needs of Cristal d’Arques Paris customers. The new material is:
Perfectly adapted to everyday use.
Appeals to customers who want sophistication and a satisfying sensory experience.
Made to have a reduced impact on the environment..
The material is the distillation of all of our expertise. It marries unrivalled transparency and brilliance.
Long-lasting brilliance
Kwarx is as brilliant and pure after 300 dishwasher cycles as the day it was made. It lights up your table!
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Complete transparency
What is our expertise based on? A unique formula, combined with production techniques that use the very best raw materials. Exceptional transparency, with an index of 98.8 superior to market standards.
Cristal d’Arques Paris reflects your style beautifully.
Superior strength
Ultra-innovative, our Kwarx glass is up to 50% more resistant than market standards. So invite your friends over, take the glasses out of the cupboard and enjoy the moment without worrying about mishaps!
In 1968, Verrerie Cristallerie d’Arques revolutionised the world of tableware by introducing a fundamental industrial innovation: the automated production of crystal. This technical prowess has finally made luxury crystal glasses, decanters and accessories more widely affordable. This development gave rise to the brand Cristal d’Arques, which, ever since its creation, has been designing elegant objects, which embody the “French touch”. Our in-house designers are constantly turning to new sources of inspiration and have an excellent grasp of the materials used specifically for Cristal d’Arques Paris.
Arc invests heavily in its Research and Development department. Our experts anticipate developments in consumption trends and think up innovative new materials and procedures that are more environmentally-friendly and in line with customer needs.
Built on this expertise and daily attention to detail, the Kwarx, which is used to manufacture all our Cristal d’Arques Paris products, is lead-free and resistant to shocks and dishwashers, guaranteeing luxury products suitable for everyday use.
Cristal d’Arques Paris will therefore continue to stand the test of time and changing trends without ever losing sight of its values or traditions, driven by its desire to embody modernity and to permanently push back the limits of its creativity.