Set of 6 mushroom glasses, Johanna Jelinek, IKEA Vintage, Sweden.

A mushroom reimagined in glass. They evoke the forest floor, the surreal domestic landscape.
Red captured in transparency, a chromatic pulse hovering above the table.
Johanna Jelinek’s design for IKEA transforms the archetype of the mushroom — Amanita muscaria — into six hand-blown vessels, red caps balanced on lucid stems, part object, part apparition.

Each piece is mouth-blown, its colour not applied but born within the glass itself. The result is a form that feels both organic and precise — red caps hovering on lucid stems, somewhere between tableware and micro-architecture. 

Placed together, they resemble a small constellation of fungi translated into architecture — miniature organisms of glass and light, transmitting warmth through reflection. Utility becomes gesture; design becomes a study in vibration, gravity, and presence.

OBJECT SPECIFICATIONS

PRODUCT: Set of 6 red mushroom glasses
DESIGNER: Johanna Jelinek
MANUFACTURER: IKEA Sweden
ORIGIN: Sweden
PERIOD: 1990 / 2000s
STYLE: Post-modern Scandinavian
MATERIAL & TECHNIQUE: Mouth-blown glass; red glass core encased in clear glass
COLOR: Deep red with transparent base
TEXTURE: Smooth
CONDITION: Exceptional condition — unused
DIMENSIONS: (+-) Height 9.5 cm; Diameter 8.5 - 10 cm