Mark Braun and J. & L. Lobmeyr at Gallery Libby Sellers

'Fortune' by Berlin-based designer Mark Braun and the esteemed Austrian glass company J. & L. Lobmeyr is shown in an exhibition starting today at Gallery Libby Sellers in London.

Braun's proposal for the series saw a water carafe, handcrafted by Lobmeyr, engraved with one of seven glaciers, seven lakes or seven rivers from across the globe. The collaboration between Braun, Lobmeyr and Gallery Libby Sellers will include the addition of an eighth river - London's Thames - launched exclusively at the gallery in December 2011.

For Braun and Lobmeyr 'Fortune' takes on a different connotation: water is the luxury here, as while these international waterways cover 70 per cent of the planet's surface, they are a threatened resource. By engraving, etching and sandblasting images of these waters (as taken from Google Earth) onto the carafes, the Fotrtune series is frozen a moment in a torrent of change. The waterways were chosen for their fragility or importance. For example, Fortune: Lake Baikal has a connection to one of the largest freshwater sources; Fortune: Lambert Glacier shows the largest glacier in the Antarctic, which is slowly melting; Fortune: River Euphrates depicts an important lifeline for several surrounding countries; while Fortune: River Thames celebrates the pivotal role the river has played as a thoroughfare to London's prosperity. As Braun has said, 'We all know that this water will be the new gold.'

The numbered series, and exclusive River Thames carafe, make the perfect gift as each are signed and detail the name of the body of water, its size and the time the carafe took to engrave. A range of postcard images by graphic designer Anna Sartorius accompanies the series. The Fortune series was initiated as part of Vienna Design Week.