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Rotterdam designer David Derksen has decorated a set of plates by employing the oscillations of a pendulum to drip patterns of paint (+ movie).
The patterns on Derksen‘s prototype Oscillation Plates were created using both the mathematical shapes of the pendulum’s swing and the human element of positioning and initiating the movement.
“A beautiful pattern that is formed under the influence of gravity, which is normally hidden, is now literally shown,” Derksen told Dezeen. “On one hand it follows the mathematical laws of gravity, on the other hand it is very playful.”
The designer created the brass pendulum so it could hold and drip the right amount of paint. “We had to adjust the size of the hole to the viscosity of the paint, to create a nice thin, constant paint flow,” he said. “It also needs to have enough mass for making a constant oscillation.”
The pendulum contained enough acrylic paint to decorate one set of plates. After the first push, the pendulum released a constant flow of black paint onto the surface of the plates in overlapping oval shapes.
Every rotation added to the pattern, creating criss-crossing lines and darker areas where the pendulum changed direction. The position and swing orientation was then changed for a second round, then the plates were left to dry.
The plates are to be developed by a ceramic specialist and made available for the VIVID Gallery in Rotterdam.
Here is some more information from the designer:
Oscillation Plates
With gravity as the acting force, these plates are decorated by a pendulum. The patterns are a graphic representation of the oscillation of a pendulum, revealing a hidden pattern that exist in nature.
The result is a play between the mathematical rules of the natural oscillation and the randomness of the human that initiates the swing of the pendulum. This combination makes each plate unique.
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Focus sur les travaux du designer Phil Jones qui signe avec sa série Food My Beard une série d’assiettes au design cocasse. Un style frais et épuré, et un clin d’œil réussi à tous les hommes à barbe. Une collection aux visages joviaux à découvrir en images dans la suite de l’article.
Milan 2013: this silver serving set for tea and cake was designed by Dutch studio Scholten & Baijings for Danish silverware and jewellery company Georg Jensen and launched at Spazio Rossana Orlandi last week.
Scholten & Baijings’ Tea with Georg collection for Georg Jensen is based on items used in a traditional Japanese tea ceremony, but with added pieces to incorporate the Dutch designers’ love of coffee.
The collection includes a teapot with a sieve, a teapot warmer, a creamer and a sugar bowl, all made from stainless steel.
There is also a porcelain cup and saucer and a double-walled stainless steel espresso cup and saucer.
The set is completed with light blue porcelain dessert plates, a glossy porcelain cake platter and a cake stand that combines a matt porcelain platter with a stainless steel stand.
The tea set was shown at Spazio Rossana Orlandi, where Slovenian designer Nika Zupanc also presented folding lamps powered by wind-up keys – see all news and products from Milan.
Scholten & Baijings recently designed a range of coloured glassware for Danish brand Hay and last year in Milan the studio launched tableware based on the archives of a Japanese porcelain company.
Last year Danish private equity group Axcel sold the Georg Jensen brand to a Bahrain-based investment bank for $140m.
Photographs are by Scheltens & Abbenes.
Here’s some more information from the designer:
At the invitation of Georg Jensen, Scholten & Baijings designed a Tea & Cake collection entitled ‘Tea with Georg’. The title is a nod to the company’s Danish founder, Georg Jensen.
The collection consists of a stainless steel teapot, tea warmer, porcelain cup and saucer, stainless steel espresso cup and saucer, creamer, sugar bowl, cake stand, cake platter and individual porcelain dessert plates.
The design for this everyday tableware is based on a study conducted into the Japanese tea ceremony, freely interpreted for Western use by Scholten & Baijings. Starting point for the design process is the symbolic value the Japanese attach to the tea ceremony, as well as their love of aesthetics, the appreciation of traditional handicraft and the beauty of the material in general.
The teapot with tea sieve and warmer, executed in stainless steel, form the basis of this collection. The design reflects all the qualities of the Georg Jensen brand: the skilful metalwork, the high degree of precision and the meticulous surface finish.
Aside from being tea enthusiasts, Scholten & Baijings are also passionate about high-quality espresso and cappuccino. That’s why in addition to the porcelain cup and saucer they also designed a special double-walled stainless steel espresso cup with accompanying saucer. The saucer features an exclusive detail: an etched line that runs till the centre of the saucer.
In the case of the porcelain teacup with saucer, the line has been executed in silver and runs through the centre of the saucer. This is a reference to the original ‘Silversmithy’, the workplace of Georg Jensen, renowned for his silver products. By also making use of other materials, such as porcelain and coloured synthetics, and by applying different textures, patterns and colours that are recognizable features of Scholten & Baijings’ signature, ‘Tea with Georg’ forms a perfect family. The pieces also combine attractively with existing services.
In addition to cups and saucers, the collection comprises plates and platters for cakes, savoury titbits, fruit and delicacies. The porcelain plates have been hand decorated with light-blue colour gradients. This makes every plate unique. There are two variations: one version with gradients from inside to outside, and vice versa.
There is a large, matching, high-gloss porcelain cake platter with soft blue colour gradients running from inside to outside. The cake stand, conversely, has a stainless steel foot holding a mat porcelain platter decorated with a fine black grid. For the true tea lover, there is a porcelain teacup that, of course, can also be used for cappuccino. The handle grows thicker as it extends over the cup in a flowing motion.
It is thanks to nearly 400 years of Japanese experience in the manufacture of porcelain and the use of innovative production techniques that this ingenious detail can be produced in series. Scholten & Baijings take pride in this unique collaboration. East literally meets West in this unique project that brings Japan and Denmark together.
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for Georg Jensen appeared first on Dezeen.
These plates made of tightly-packed soil were produced by Japanese design collective Bril (+ slideshow).
Each plate in the Rammed Earthenware collection by Bril is made from a combination of soil in various colours, sand, lime and water.
The mixture is poured into a mould and rammed with three wooden sticks, each with a different shaped tip, until it becomes hard. ”The top surface has the marks of being rammed and looks like lunar craters,” explain the designers.
The plates are then taken out of the mould and left to dry for a few weeks.
The plates have been produced as part of a series of pieces made from soil using architectural techniques.
Bril is a collective formed by designers Tatsuro Kuroda, Jo Nakamura and Fumiaki Goto, who all graduated from Design Academy Eindhoven in 2011.
We previously featured a set of ceramic vessels designed by Goto with pointed graphite bottoms to be used like a pencil.
We’ve also featured a collection of vessels made from radioactive Japanese soil and a “brick replacement service” which made bricks from soil and seeds.
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Here’s some more information from the designers:
Bril
Rammed Earthenware
Cutting, casting, bending, polishing, stamping, shaving, lathing and so on. Many and various techniques of processing have been generated and they are still developing. “Ramming’ is one of the most primitive techniques through history. We focused on the technique and tried to combine such a primitive technique and a primitive material.
“Rammed earth” is one of the most primitive techniques to build walls. The way is just to ram the mixture of soil strongly. So this simple technique has been used around the world since long time ago though the details were different.
The aim of this project is to apply this primitive technique into making products. Though architecture needs the strength to be stable, living products don’t do it so much and have their own possibilities of design.
Rammed Earthenware is the one made with ramming the mixture of several colours of soil, sand, lime and a bit of water. At first, the mixture is filled in a mold and is roughly pushed by fingers. Secondly it is strongly rammed by three kinds of wooden sticks whose tips are different for a half hour. It gradually gets hard and the sound of ramming it becomes dry and high. After a half day, it comes off from the mold and is dried for a few weeks.
The top surface has the marks of being rammed and looks like lunar craters. Since the lime inside has the feature to absorb carbon dioxide in the air and turn back into limestone, it gets harder and becomes limestone made out of soil after a period. The soil of this project is from several places in Japan. Its color is not the one of pigment but the one of itself.
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In a world of fast food and quick meals, it’s easy to lose sight of the age-old tradition of family time over dinner. Purpose Plates are a clever reminder of this valuable experience and aim to bring us back together by introducing a playful game written directly on the dishes. Point the arrow of the top plate at the person you want to talk to and match it with the phrases of the bottom plate to create conversation-starting sentences. It’s an educational and playful way to get families talking again!
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These plates by Polish designer Boguslaw Sliwinski turn your meals into hairstyles for the faces they depict.
Called FaceOn, each ceramic plate bears one of six silhouettes.
They’re produced to order in two sizes and can be ordered via the designer’s website.
A while ago we published a similar project from Sliwiński where morsels of food complete drawings of cranes, forklift trucks, ships, trucks and trains.
Take a look at them here.
See more tableware on Dezeen here.
Morsels of food complete the drawings on these plates, appearing to be hoisted on cranes and forklift trucks or transported by land, sea and air.
Polish designer Boguslaw Sliwinski designed the ceramic plates and produces them to order in 20 or 26cm diametre versions.
See more tableware on Dezeen here.
Here’s a tiny bit of text from Sliwinski:
Honey, how many peas you eat for breakfast? Two wagons Mom! The fact that food can be fun, it is known from the beginning.
Small babies know it best. And so here are the BS’s TOY – plates designed by Polish designer Boguslaw Sliwinski.
Two-dimensional plates (20.5 and 26cm) are produced on an individual order of the natural, ecological raw materials and fired at temperatures over 800 degrees Celsius.
Imaginés par Shinichiro Ogata pour la société japonaise Wasara, ces assiettes aux formes élégantes sont faites à partir d’un papier sans arbre composite et sont totalement biodégradables. Ces pièces sont à découvrir en images, dans la suite de l’article.
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