Nicci Green

On a sunny, morning on a quiet, tree-lined street in South Yarra, designer Nicci Green met me for a chat about her perfectly imperfect glassware range. Sitting out the front of South Yarra’s Cafe Gaia, we discussed the process of her work, its style and charm, and how hand-making individual glasses creates subtle and beautiful differences in each piece.

Nicci began Bribe Glassware just six years ago, but it has since grown into a covetable international brand, stocked in some of the most impressive stores the world over.

She confesses to me over coffee (peppermint tea for Nicci) that the name Bribe came when she was leaving one industry for another and what better way to get ahead than with a little...

How did the aesthetic develop? It feels and looks just right.

Well I knew there was a gap in the market for affordable, fashionable glassware, and with each piece being made by hand the glass becomes unique and sculptural, a one-off. No two glasses will ever be the same, but that’s the point. With a range like Fini I was inspired by my mum's pop art 60's wallpaper, a kind of Marimekko, retro feel.

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