Drake built a house of ice. We filled ours with drinkware. Respectfully.
If you've been on the internet recently (and let's be honest, you have) you've seen it. Hundreds of glacier ice blocks stacked four stories high in the middle of Toronto. A literal frozen monument. Drake doing Drake things.
We saw it and asked ourselves one very important question:
But where are the glasses?
Because what's an ice sculpture without something beautiful to drink from? That felt like an oversight we needed to correct.
So we did what any self-respecting home goods brand would do. We froze our entire drinkware collection in ice and didn't tell anyone why.
The Iceman Hath Cometh. So Did We.
We're not saying we inspired it. We're not saying we didn't.
What we are saying is that while Toronto was busy stacking glaciers, we were busy doing the same. Just with a little more intention about what goes inside each block.
Cobalt blue coupes. Amber wine glasses. Green stem martinis. Each one suspended mid-freeze, perfectly encased, glowing through the ice like they'd been there all along. Like they were always meant to be found this way.
Art installation or product photography? Both. Neither. We're not taking questions.
A Tour of the Collection, Ice-Cold Edition
The Blue Coupe went first. Because of course it did. A pale blue bowl on a cobalt trumpet base, frozen inside glacier ice that happens to be the exact same shade of blue. It was almost unfair how well it worked. We also cracked the ice on this one. Dramatic? Yes. Intentional? Absolutely.
The Ikoyi Wine Glass is the one that will haunt you. Crystal tulip bowl freed above the broken glacier line, warm cognac base still locked inside the ice below. Hot and cold. Trapped and liberated. It's giving metaphor and we are here for it.
The Flamingo Martini (forest green stem, lilac base) is proof that the best things in life are unexpected color combinations suspended in frozen water. The lilac reflection on the dark surface beneath it looks like something out of a museum. It's a cocktail glass.
It goes on your bar cart.
You're welcome.
More drops are coming. And then the sculpture. All of them. Together. Toronto-style.
May 15. Mark it.
Why We Really Did This
Because beautiful things deserve dramatic entrances.
That's always been the HVS Home philosophy. Your home isn't just where you live. It's how you live. And the objects you choose to fill it with say something. A stunning glass on your table changes the energy of a dinner party before anyone takes a sip. It's the detail that makes people lean in and ask where did you get that.
We wanted to show our collection in a way that matched the way it actually feels to own it. Elevated. Considered. A little unexpected.
Freezing it inside glacier ice and posting it on the internet felt like the right move.
Drake agrees. Probably.
Drink Beautifully. Obviously.
The ice melts. The glasses stay.
Shop the full drinkware collection at hvshome.com and use code MAY15 for 15% off through May 15, in honor of the Iceman, the ice wall, and the very valid life choice of owning drinkware this good.
Certified lover of a good glass. That's us.