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Named “Edge” for their single edge design, this cutlery set is produced with a hot stamp which makes it possible to remove the slice present in cold working. This cleaner shape further defines the archetypical silhouette of industrial flatware. As simple as it gets, they’re perfect for any dinner table, formal or casual.
Designer: Quentin de Coster
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Mexican designer Liliana Ovalle has created a carafe and set of tumblers printed with fine black lines that overlap to create a moiré effect when the pieces are clustered together.
Each item in the Cumulo collection by Liliana Ovalle is decorated with fanned-out linear patterns that become finer as they radiate outwards, creating a cross-hatching effect where they reach round to the other side and can be seen through the layers of glass.
“The glasses and carafe acquire a more complex three-dimensionality when combined together,” said Ovalle. “As the patterns overlap in various arrangements, the accumulation of lines reveals hidden depths and densities.”
The prototypes were blown in borosilicate glass. They were exhibited at the Okay Studio & Friends exhibition in Ben Sherman‘s Mod_ular Blanc event space during London Design Festival last month, along with opaline glassware by Mathias Hahn and a circular mirror with a large brass weight by Hunting & Narud.
Having graduated from London’s Royal College of Art in 2006, Ovalle joined the Okay Studio design collective in 2011 and continues to operate from their space close to the Dezeen offices in Stoke Newington – see more projects by Okay Studio designers.
Ovalle also presented a series of clay vessels based on the geological phenomenon of sinkholes as part of a group show at Gallery Libby Sellers in London for the festival.
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Photography is courtesy of the designer.
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Product news: Japanese design studio Nendo has launched a range of cutlery that looks as though it’s been carved from flint like prehistoric tools.
Called Sekki, the set was created by Nendo in collaboration with metalwork firm Kobayashi Kogyo.
“Kobayashi Kogyo is a metalwork firm located in the cradle of modern Japan’s metal cutlery industry, the city of Tsubame in Niigata Prefecture,” said Nendo.
“The firm was founded in 1868, the first year of Japan’s modern era, and enjoys a strong reputation for its command of metal production techniques, including polishing.”
The three-piece set was designed to show off the firm’s expertise and its crooked shapes recall implements carved from flint.
“It’s difficult to make the pieces’ rough, nonstandard forms by machine, so the firm had to rely on its artisans’ sensibility, skill and handwork,” explained the designers.
The concave surfaces were sandblasted to a matte finish while the other surfaces have been polished to a mirror finish, heightening the impression of sections being carved away.
“The pieces’ thickness and weight recalls stone, too,” the designers added.
“We flattened the pieces’ backs to further make the connection with cutlery carved from lumps of stone, pressing the metal sheets seven times, rather than the usual one.”
The range will be available from Seibu department stores in Japan from 22 October.
Other primitive kitcheware designs on Dezeen include a pair of ceramic cooking knives inspired by Stone Age tools and a stainless steel cooking knife that takes inspiration from tools used by early humans.
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Photos are by Hiroshi Iwasaki.
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Product news: Japanese studio Nendo has created a range of porcelain with patterns that play on archival designs from a traditional Japanese pottery.
The Ume-play and Karakusa-play collections were created in collaboration with Gen-emon, a 260-old ceramics company located in Arita, the Japanese town famed for its potteries in the Saga Prefecture on the northern part of Kyushu island.
The process involved a re-editing of one of the firm’s most well known patterns, a small plum-blossom repeat known as ume komon.
The ceramics also play with the traditional foliage scrollwork known as kara-kusa-e.
The process involved enlarging and re-arranging the original patterns by cutting them up, turning them upside down and layering the shapes.
The resulting pieces seem to have an eclectic mix of patterns at first glance but are tied together by the same basic shapes and the kiln’s identity of blue and white underglaze with contrasting dark and light blues.
The traditional porcelain method was also reinterpreted by introducing a charcoal-based resist method called sumi hajiki, in contrast to the usual way of filling in outlines. This method allowed for finer lines and reduced cost.
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Photos by Akihiro Yoshida.
Some words from the designer:
Gen-emon is one of the most renowned Arita-yaki porcelain kilns, with a 260-year history dating to 1753.
We undertook an unorthodox re-edit of one of the kiln’s most famous patterns, a small plum flower repeat known as ‘ume komon’ and foliage scrollwork known as ‘karakusa-e’.
Like children playing with paper, we blew up the pattern until it was enormous, as though viewed through a magnifying glass.
We cut it up with scissors, pasted it, lined it up, turned it upside down and layered it, too.
This faux-naïve strategy allowed us to activate Gen-emon’s key visual signifiers – the blue and white underglaze and strong contrast between the dark and light blues – while developing a rich assortment of variations.
The result: a delightful selection of ceramics that may have different patterns, but can be used together on the table without breaking visual unity.
Traditionally, Gen-emon’s porcelains are made by drawing the outlines, then filling in the centre.
We introduced a charcoal-based resist method, ‘sumi hajiki’, that allows both fine lines and an accessible price for the consumer.
The ume-play collection upholds Gen-emon’s long history and traditions and reflects the kiln’s commitment to constant change and evolution.
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