That’s the message at IFA, Europe’s biggest consumer technology show, this week. Plastic is so passé as glass, aluminium and elegant minimalism took over Berlin this week. Leading the pack of ...

3. Black Martini glass, $790, from Armani Casa (shop 109, Chater House, 11 Chater Road, tel: 2532 7755; www.armanicasa.com).

Martini glasses essentially break down into three types: V-shaped, coupe, and Nick and Nora. The first is the familiar, thin glass with the long stem reaching up to a cone with straight sides.