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London communications and creative agency KK Outlet have commissioned seven designers to create a collection of unofficial commemorative china for the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton this April.

Paul Best, Emma Morton, Angela Lidderdale, Ute Geisler, Dave Bell, Richard Walker and Keith Gray have each designed a plate with references to modern pop culture, including one featuring the ‘Like’ feature from Facebook.

The memorabilia will be on sale at KK Outlet’s store in Hoxton Square, London, from 15 January.

Photographs are by Ed Aves.

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A VERY MODERN ROYAL WEDDING

Every Royal Wedding from Fergie and Andy to Charles and Diana comes with its own peculiar side-business – memorabilia. They usually take the form of plates, mugs, teaspoons, gravy boats or other household paraphernalia.

The designs and forms have hardly altered since 1952. But as the Royals have changed with the times, so should memorabilia.

With that in mind, KK Outlet asked the question – How should Royal Wedding memorabilia look for the Facebook generation?

So the store and gallery in London’s Hoxton Square enlisted the help of seven designers to bring Royal Wedding memorabilia bang up to date – to suit a very modern Royal Wedding.

These newly designed Royal Wedding collectables take many forms: a pixelated Royal Couple with language stolen from Facebook (“Like” plate by designer Ute Geisler); ironically youthful (“Will 4 Kate 4 Eva” by Emma Morton); headline grabbing (“the Age of Austerity” paper plate also by Emma Morton); or just plain strange (“Laser Eyes” by Richard Walker).

The sets of plates and mugs are slated to be sold at KK Outlet’s store in Hoxton Square in the lead up to the Royal Wedding in April 2011.

KK Outlet is a multifunctional space comprising gallery, store and commmunications agency in the East of London.

The Designers:

Emma Morton, Angela Lidderdale, Ute Geisler, Dave Bell, Richard Walker, Keith Gray, Paul Best

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Amsterdam designer Marcel Wanders has created a dinner service for Dutch airline KLM.

The project involved creating new porcelain, glassware, cutlery, linen and a tray.

The service will be in use on World Business Class flights from March 2011.

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New tableware by Designer Marcel Wanders for KLM World Business Class

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will begin serving meals on a new service for World Business Class passengers effective 27 March 2011.

Leading Dutch designer Marcel Wanders has created porcelain, glassware, cutlery, linen and a tray.

The entire presentation of meals and drinks has been completely renewed to reflect the journey of inspiration KLM strives to offer its passengers.

In designing the new service elements, Marcel Wanders has, at the behest of KLM, taken into account the wishes of its customers, the working procedures of cabin crew, as well as environmental considerations.

Typically Dutch

Customers have indicated that they appreciate KLM’s typically Dutch character.

KLM has therefore decided to embrace this by working with Dutch chefs and designers.

Our partnership with Marcel Wanders reflects this philosophy.

Less weight

KLM reduces environmental impact by reducing the weight of the service.

The lighter the load on board an aircraft, the less fuel it burns, resulting in lower CO2 emissions.

“We are proud to offer our World Business Class passengers a fresh, new product.

We are investing in this class and are constantly striving to further improve our products and services,” says Erik Varwijk, Executive Vice President of KLM Commercial.

“With the introduction of this new service, a longstanding wish of mine has been fulfilled,” says Marcel Wanders.

“As a frequent flyer with KLM, I found it quite easy to get a feel for the assignment and to bring about a metamorphosis of the existing service elements.

Owing to the ergonomic, technical, economic and logistic guidelines for this design, the new service matches the quality standards of top restaurants.”

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The Temporium: this tea service by Tina Tsang of London design brand Undergrowth Design is the latest addition to the designer gifts on sale at our pop-up store The Temporium in London next month.

Called Blaue Blume, the range features a pair of legs that stick out of the ceramic objects, forming handles and spoons.

The collection includes a teapot, milk jug and tea cup all with legs for a handle, a cake stand, plates and a sugar bowl in the shape of a bathtub.

Some of the products have an inscription on them, inviting you to use the object.

The Temporium runs from 9-19 December at 221 Brompton Road, London SW3 2EJ. Click here for full details plus a list of participating designers and brands.

Here’s some more information about the collection:

BLAUE BLUME TEA SERVICE

Blaue Blume was first conceived in 2007 when Tina Tsang decided to fuse ceramics with handmade antique lace. Her interdisciplinary background in illustration, fashion and animation come through in the design of all her products. She creates products that had character, charm, wit and seductive qualities that are elements that make the range irresistible and adorable. Blaue Blume aims to transform the traditional ritual of afternoon tea into a fun and flirtatious affair.

Since the launch of the first teacup the range has expanded extensively due to demands and requests from catering companies and retailers. So far the range features a petit four stand (3 tiers with legs in whipped cream, mmm and a baby doll head), a milk jug, sugar bath (features a bathtub as the sugar container with legs as the sugar spoon), 3 sizes of cups, plates, a teapot and an ice cream bowl (features an upside down woman with upturned skirt). We have also made specific spoons to match the different cup sizes of the range in which E corresponds to the espresso cup, T for tea cup and C for coffee cup.
Other defining features include 9k gold shoes and inscriptions that are all handmade in London. Other products from undergrowth include: Interference range of salt and pepper shakers, Wash away soap dispenser, Art of the bottle, Lovesick bunnies, Atmospheric glass tumblers & wonderland cutlery. MORE additional NEW items in AUG 2010 release.

DESIGN APPROACH
Undergrowth design breathes life into everyday objects to create an other- worldliness that tickles the imagination coupled with a mysterious or nostalgic feel. We love high attention to detail since we feel this part of the process enables a strong mood or feeling to be built by using the subtle details in the work. I also like to play with subconscious elements that create a strong sense of symbolism with memory evoking functions. We aim to make products that become an integral part of the customers identity and style and that is able to continually to enthral the user. We strive to make objects that become household conversation pieces.

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