Deborah Ehrlich started designing her lead-free crystal glassware in 1999, guided by her unwavering commitment to perfect proportions. From her Hudson Valley studio, she designs pieces with a certain poeticism before passing the precise line drawings to her glassblower in Sweden. A special chemistry is at play that makes the drinking experience feel tailor-made to you, from the way it feels in your palm to the hand-cut and polished lip that enhances the taste of what you choose to pour within. But crystal isn’t her only métier, as she works with a furniture maker in Rhode Island who translates her subtle design language into delicate yet structurally sound maple cutting boards and elemental chairs.