December 7th, 2012 — Design
Gonçalo Campos has designed a series of clever porcelain platters called Tecido that looks like a napkin or tablecloth draped over dishware. Campos worked hard to get this process just right – finding a way to give substance and rigidity to a piece of fabric so that they could fix the shape and create a mold. Working with Vista Alegre , a Portuguese Porcelain and Crystal company founded back in 1824, Campos created the perfect elegant shape that could definitely be mistaken for fabric.
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Tecido Platter by Gonçalo Campos
October 15th, 2012 — Design
Inspired by the fact that porcelain shrinks when you bake it, Eindhoven-based designer Dave Hakkens decided to explore the material with his Shrinking Jug project. What began as a jug made out of various kinds of materials such as pulp, foam, and plaster, ended with a set of thirteen porcelain jugs and one interesting process to get there. The idea From the original jug, he made a mold, filled it with porcelain, and baked it. It shrank 14% in the process
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Shrinking Jug by Dave Hakkens
June 26th, 2012 — Design
Clearly inspired by dominoes that we all grew up with, Kayiwa designed the porcelain DOM-I-NO Candle Holder to hold a simple tea light candle. The minimalist design can be used as a single piece or arranged in a group. Set them up to look like a game of dominoes in the classic black and white, or choose from the range of other colors they have available. The little slit in the middle holds your recently burned match to let it cool off.
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DOM-I-NO Candle Holder by Kayiwa
May 22nd, 2012 — Design
Los Angeles-based earthnform designs a line of porcelain that is both sculptural and architectural. What’s unique about them is that they design the pieces from package material. If you think about how much plastic is produced and where it goes after you’ve opened whatever it is that you bought, it’s quite overwhelming. Well, earthnform wants to bring the issue to the surface while at the same time “producing functional pieces cast from found plastic.” By reusing the packaging material, they in turn, create art. “Gehry” ceramic bowl In honor of architect Frank Gehry. This design came from a plug in air freshener package found in a convenience store in Burbank, California.
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earthnform Porcelain
May 19th, 2012 — Design
GDG Studios is the New Jersey-based design studio run by Joseph Gower who creates handmade porcelain objects with a contemporary twist. The Crochet and Styroware pieces are so unique and completely fun to stare at. I love the textures and shapes that he creates along with the added touches of gold or silver and even cotton. I love any and all things faceted so these pieces really speak to my geometric shapes-loving heart. Share This: Twitter | Facebook | Discover more great design by following Design Milk on Twitter and Facebook
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GDG Studios
March 24th, 2012 — Design
Spanish designer Jaime Hayon created these Showtime Vases for BD Barcelona Design back in 2006 and I still get happy every time I look at them. The entire Showtime collection (which features furniture as well) was inspired by old MGM musicals, therefore all of the pieces are both classical and playful. Each two-piece vase is made of enameled stoneware porcelain that comes in either all white or your choice color with a white interior.
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Showtime Vases by Jaime Hayon
January 9th, 2012 — Design
Believe it or not, these jaunty, no handle Contrast Mugs are from the classic Danish china company, Royal Copenhagen . Designed by H.C. Giedde, the porcelain pieces, which have pleasing ridges like a ramekin, come sheathed in a brightly colored silicone sleeve that helps prevents slippage and protects fingers from the heat. The company actually gifted one to us (forest green, thank you very much) on Design Milk’s recent press trip to Copenhagen, and we’ve been using it daily. The verdict
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Contrast Mug by Royal Copenhagen
October 2nd, 2011 — Design
The Oink Piggy Bank by APR Design Studio is made of porcelain with an oversized snout – the perfect place for putting your pennies (and big enough for bills, too). I’m seriously considering one of these for Little Milk’s nursery .
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Oink! Piggy Bank
September 30th, 2011 — Furniture, Uncategorized
Materials: Ikea (name?) kitchen skimmer Description: We have 2 round vessel sinks in our master bath. Small Ikea bowls mimicking the shape of the vessels held our soaps next to the sinks. Every time we reached with wet hands for the soap or return it to the dish, soapy water splashed on the counter, very messy. What we needed was an in-sink soap dish! We looked at Ikea’s Lillangen line of bathroom furniture but none of their in-sink accessories would fit our rounded vessel sinks
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Soap dish from kitchen skimmer
October 25th, 2010 — Design
French designer Émilie Voirin presented some hairy new work at the London Design Festival . The Bun Boxes are made from porcelain with a lid made of hair. The whips and the shaving brushes — which are normally sharp or blunt objects — have been softened with the addition of hair.
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Hairy Objects by Emilie Voirin