Glass, forged by fire, is increasingly becoming a hot topic in fashion—think Coperni’s latest Swipe bags and Pat McGrath’s “glass skin” on the couture runways. Now, in Copenhagen, Annika Zobel Agerled and Josefine Frank Arthur are bringing a fashion-forward perspective to glass through their brand Akua Objects.
Founded in 2022, Akua Objects made its public debut in November last year with an exhibition of 100 unique glasses presented in a local gallery. Today, Akua (the Japanese word for water) is home to 13 collections, and is already beginning to branch out into new categories like chandeliers, decorative objects, and jewelry. The brand has also been a big hit with the fashion crowd, gracing tables at events for the likes of Sea New York, By Malene Birger, Ganni, and Cecilie Bahnsen.
Arthur, a Swede with a business degree and experience in fashion communications, runs the business, while Agerled, a Danish fashion stylist, is in charge of creative. The latter’s fascination with glass, a material that is at once durable and fragile—much like the current state of the world—comes from growing up the daughter of an antique dealer. And the collections represent a range of aesthetics: The Bertel collection, featuring female figures, pays homage to the 19th-century Danish sculptor and museum founder Bertel Thorvaldsen, while the Augusta line features mouth-watering candy stripes.
