The small city of McKeesport, Pa., once thrummed with steel and glass factories; in 1996, two couples decided to ''reindustrialize'' the town with a crafts community of small studios. Their Riverside Design Group produces handmade tableware from recycled glass at affordable prices. Riverside's SeaGlass collection, designed by Don Gould, includes 13 luminous colors and 13 biomorphic shapes, above. The tableware turns up at places like Ritz-Carlton and Four Seasons hotels, where chefs like the w...
URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2000/04/13/garden/currents-tableware-glass-once-discarded-gives-a-town-new-sparkle.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
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