Design Quarterly

Design Quarterly

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

 

Attimo

Attimo (meaning "moment") tea set is made of first-class thin-walled bone china. The metaphor of the shape of objects is a stopped moment of time. The handle-stone falls on the smooth surface of the porcelain, and creates "circles on the water" running along the object. So every touch for the handle is a touch for frozen time. This complex asymmetric shape of the service items is especially difficult when implemented in porcelain. However, the use of the hollow handle technique, proactive correction of firing deformations, made it possible to achieve an ideal geometry.

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Rozna

Rozna is the only fine-dining Omani restaurant in Oman that is modelled like an ancient fort. Omanis are known across the ME for their hospitality and are proud of their history and heritage. The service in Rozna amply reflects this tradition. Women waiters are dressed in the Omani costume of long tunic and loose trousers, and men in dishdasha with appropriate headgears.

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WineStax

The wine rack that adapts to your room. Every WineStax is a single, independent unit with three bottle racks. The units can be easily extended with additional units thanks to the clipping mechanism. This system gives a lot of freedom to the users to fit the WineStax in their interior and create their exclusive wine rack. The hexagonal shapes give a subtle look to the product and make your wine shine.

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Laponian Family

Inspired by the nature of the polar circle, and designed for multi-usage. The steel containers have a removable compartment inside and fit into each other for a range of combinations. Use them as cutlery holders, for snacks, or as a flower vase. The steel can be chilled and used as wine cooler. The glass items are fit for candles and LED plugs in addition to food servings or accessories. Organise the items on the steel centrepiece or use the centrepiece individually as a serving plate. The sphere-shaped LED plug holder can be fitted with a suspension kit and hung from the ceiling or a wall.

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Multi Cultural Moka Pot

In times of war and immigration, it seems that the differences between men are too big for one to accept the other. As it is known, Coffee's real superpower is connecting people. This project objective is to take two reach culture's coffee makers icons and, despite the many differences, focus on what is common between the two, combining the Turkish Ibrik and the Italian MokaPot. Hopefully, people could do the same over coffee.

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Raw

Raw coffee cups Series consist of espresso, americano mug, latte mug, teacup and dripper products. Each product is intended to have a different design detail in itself and is designed to improve the coffee experience of the user. Protruding structures made in the body design have been added to clarify and deepen the light and shadow reflections. It was aimed to make the products look different on the table and to increase the experience.

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