You remember these glasses from your last trip to #France, I guess.

Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:

@denkster Duralex was founded in 1945, not the 1970s.

Whreq Jnnyobre

@jwildeboer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJd7wwmrfvc

Piiieps & Brummm

@Maker @Gurre @jwildeboer
Manufactum was founded by someone supporting the right-wing extremist German party AfD (and previously others, IIRC). It is now part of the Otto empire.

I think purchasing there would contradict the spirit of the story.

Virginie

@PiiiepsBrummm @Gurre @jwildeboer waaaaaaaat, that’s horrible! I had no idea about this (side note: how can I find out about those things?)

Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:

@whreq Thank you for sharing! Now we know what the numbers on the bottom mean

Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:

And here's a video (in French) telling the story and showing the people and the factory via @whreq (it also explains the mystery of the number on the bottom https://hsnl.social/@whreq/113297874659983802

Thomas Klein

@jwildeboer

Worth mentioning that theire iconic glasses (yep, that well known design is theirs) are also famous because of the special treatment during melting and forming which makes Duralex glasses almost unbreakable in common situations (dropping a glass from the tabletop will leave you with stains from the contained liquid but not with shards from the glass)

Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:

@schroedingershund Yes, it's tempered, not annealed glass (and I mentioned that in a few replies https://www.onedayglass.com/annealed-vs-tempered-glass-difference/

Piiieps & Brummm

@Maker @Gurre @jwildeboer

The founder:
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hoof

The publisher:
https://www.dw.com/de/finis-germania-und-co-rechte-vordenker-und-ihre-verlage/a-39787337

I didn't find an article with the donations just now. IIRC it was more than five years ago.

Coralie Mercier (W3C)

@jwildeboer heh, for what is worth, when I looked at the site today, the first thing on display was a warning that due to demand the delivery was likely going to be impacted and they thank people for being patient!

Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:

@koalie They are having quite a comeback and I am happy for them to get a lot of new customers

caravantravellers 🌈

@bascht @jwildeboer

Yes, the price is fine, but p&p is a bit much.

Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:

@caravantraveller you can also get them at local shops. @bascht

caravantravellers 🌈

@jwildeboer @bascht

Do you know any? Most shops carrying household goods have closed in this area.

Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:

@caravantraveller Manufactum has them. There's also intergastro in Dortmund that offers pickup https://www.intergastro.de/lieferung-cms-page.pickup And when you order for more than 89€ at Duralex, shipping costs become 0. @bascht

Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:

It seems they are getting a lot of orders in and a lot of glasses are running out of stock So be patient instead of upset, OK? They are working hard and still have a lot of problems to solve. I was lucky and was able to order one of the last measurement glasses https://eu.duralex.com/en/products/precisio-transparent-glass-measuring-doser

JTW, Cornell '91

@jwildeboer for one thing, glass is a lot easier to clean! We have a bunch of glass food containers and the weak point is basically always the plastic lids.

Virginie

@PiiiepsBrummm @Gurre @jwildeboer thanks for sharing, gonna dive into that

Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:

@Maker (It's now 16 years ago that Manufactum got sold. To deduct from what the founder did since then that Manufactum is somehow a right-wing infested company today is bit rich, IMHO. I don't buy there because I think they are overpriced and overrated, but not because I fear to get confronted with far-right stuff) @PiiiepsBrummm @Gurre

Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:

(and no, I am not a paid influencer. I am a person who likes to share stories about workers uniting though