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While Cartier has long been synonymous with sparkle, its European flagship just got a whole lot sparklier. The French jewellery brand recently tapped Czech glassmaker Lasvit to design a nearly 55-square-metre “ice corridor” that leads from the main area of its Geneva boutique to an exclusive department dedicated to rare collector’s pieces.

Crystalline glass panels designed by Lasvit clad a hallway ceiling in the Geneva Cartier flagship.

Built from over two tonnes of Czech crystal glass that covers both the walls and ceiling (the floor is carpeted in a watery blue-grey), the passageway is like a supersized version of the multi-faceted gemstones on display around it. “I approached the piece as an artwork made up of many different components,” explains Lasvit senior designer Wanda Valihrachova.

Looking up at the ceiling of the zigzagging "ice corridor" made of glass in Cartier's Geneva flagship.

Designed to evoke the...

Lasvit Designs A Crystalline Corridor for Cartier’s Geneva Flagship

The Czech glass manufacturer transforms a jewellery store’s hallway into a bejewelled showstopper.

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