Design Quarterly

Design Quarterly

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

 

Spyker

Spyker is a practical and beautiful trivet inspired by propeller designs of vintage airplanes. The Spyker trivet combines classic lines with contemporary materials. The stainless steel ring adds a subtle touch of class to the discreet design and comfortably fits into both modern and traditional homes. The functional design features a fingertip duct which allows the user to quickly open the trivet even while wearing oven gloves. When not in use this trivet loves resting in any kitchen drawer, standing up in a jar or hang suspended from a kitchen hook.

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The Dew

Green tea represents not only the tea culture, but is healthier than its competitor coffee, or even black tea, its own kind. Therefore, that is why the designer created The Dew teapot, the function of the teapot is inspired by Italian traditional coffee maker. By playing with the air pressure upside down, the liquid of tea at the upper part return to the lower part and leaves the tea leaves at the upper part, the lower part become the teapot and the user could enjoy the tea.

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Popo

In this project,the human’s emotion is used as a factor of production to reach predicted level in productivity. These items brings a smile and nice feelings to your homes,a minimalist and emotional design which is inspired by a fictional world.This design is made from bone china. One of features of these containers are transparency lightness and high strength.The casting material is slurry(grout) of bone china,which is 50% bone powder of Cow.The function of items is simple and with ergonomic principles. All containers are static because the body’s center of gravity is calculated for them.

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Focus

Focus tea set features a camera structure, with the lens as the main element of its appearance. The tea set is made of Chinese traditional porcelain clay, combined with a bright glaze and a frosted outer glaze. The tea set is divided into two parts: a single pot and a single cup, which are combined into an integrated tea set with the design of modern camera lens to save space. The teapot is portable for making tea, with geometric texture and anti-scalding design, which can be held comfortably with one hand.

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Himalayan

The designer integrates the elements of youth, fashion, simplicity, line sense and so on into the cup design. Its unique semi-perforated tea separator can effectively isolate tea leaves and solve the problem of tea regurgitation. The vacuum cup body is easy to carry and has strong adaptability. The concentration of the tea soup can be easily controlled. People can directly taste tea with one click of opening. The materials used meet the high hygienic standards and fill many shortcomings of traditional Chinese tea sets nowadays.

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GravitATE

A tableware set that invites and encourages users to share interactions and eat slowly. GravitATE contains three personal dinnerware items and three service bowls. It has the potential for movement and interpersonal interaction. The form invites and encourages users to share these interactions intuitively. The result is that users take their time, sharing conversation and savoring food slower than with traditional tableware. This provides a positive dining experience for all.

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