Design Quarterly

Design Quarterly

Design Quarterly featuring great design, architecture, fashion, graphics and innovation from across the globe.

 

EVA tea set

This seductively elegant teapot with matching cups has an impeccable pour and is a pleasure to partake from. The unusual shape of this tea pot with the spout blending and growing from the body lends itself particularly well to a good pour. The cups are versatile and tactile to nestle in your hands in different ways, since each person has their own approach to holding a cup. Available in glossy white with a silver plated ring or black matte porcelain with a glossy white lid and white rimmed cups. Stainless steel filter fitted inside. DIMENSIONS: teapot: 12.5 x 19.5 x 13.5 cups: 9 x 12 x 7.5 cm.

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Primeval Expressions

Egg-shaped crystal glasses with a sloped cut. A simple drop of vitreous liquid, a natural lens, captured in vivacious crystal glasses that joyfully rock on their roundness, while maintaining their stability through thoughtful arrangement of materials. Their rocking creates a relaxed and fun atmosphere. Glasses fit discretely to the palm when held. In symbiosis with softly designed, handmade coasters from walnut or xylite - ancient lumber. Complemented by ellipse-shaped walnut trays for three or ten glasses and a finger-food tray. The trays are rotatable due to their smooth elliptic shape.

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Epi-Happy

Epi-Happy is a small centerpiece for the office desks and dinner tables of tomorrow. The inspirational background -a translation in three dimensional space of ornamental motifs- makes it a classic yet a contemporary stylish object. A triple repetition of a basic unit creates a continuous storage area that can store or display several small objects. The continuity of space also helps it act as a cable holder, or it can be instantly transformed into an anti-stress device as well. Just throw a ball and try to roll it around. In every aspect, Epi-Happy is a friendly space occupant.

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Contra

The Contra vessels are a collection of pieces that showcase the combination of two differing ideas through materials. Whether it be the idea of indoors and outdoors, hot and cold or dark and light. The vessels bring together these differences in a developed and formulated outcome.

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Bear Hug

This design brings amusement and practicality to an otherwise purely functional product. It is part of a range of domestic culinary products taking inspiration from the polar regions. It employs polymers to reduce weight and improve safety. The double skin of the polycarbonate main body is filled with a silicone gel which helps maintain the temperature of the contents when the bucket is pre-chilled keeping ice water colder for longer. It brings colour and a talking point to dinner parties where it becomes a 'table sculpture' as well as functional object.

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seasons

“seasons” is an interpretation of functional kitchen and serving ware, inspired by nature and technology, through the cultural lens of Japan. Like a real leaf, each serving dish is flexible and multi-purpose. It rolls up for storage using the benefits of silicone to insure its use in an oven or microwave, able to withstand repeated dishwasher cleaning. Each leaf enjoys its own shape, stackable in its open state, and in multiples, creating a sculptural display of serving artware.

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