It needed to be perfectly simple but also have a distinct character of its own, and ideally contribute to renewing the Scandinavian design tradition,” says the designer Matti Klenell. The Unda glass was designed to be an all-purpose drinking glass for the reopening of Nationalmuseum and its new restaurant NM&. “When designing the premises and the tableware, there was a need for a generous and stackable glass which would be able to withstand many different uses. Drinking glasses are very emotive products in that they meet with people’s hands and mouths, and great effort has been put into finding the right shape and feeling for this meeting. The classic shape has been adorned with a ripple on the side. It’s a wave that catches the fingers and plays with the hand, while allowing practical stacking as the glasses never get stuck together. Unda means wave in Latin.