Introduced as part of its autumn/winter 14/15 range, the Scenery collection by Taiwanese tableware brand JIA Inc. comprises a series of knife blocks and storage items for the kitchen in different materials and sizes, creating a landscape on the kitchen counter.

Materials used include bamboo, acrylic and terracotta. Designs are neat and simple, in sync with JIA’s style of bringing together Eastern and Western influences.

· price: $585 usd

designer: wayne yang
producer: jia
period: 2014

Convivio, born as set aperitif for the company of Perugia Deagourmet. Combines the poetry of the wood with the elegance of porcelain in a single element. Can be presented in table one above the other or separate and act as a plate for the diners .

· price: $60 usd

designer: mura & pezza
producer: deagourmet
introduced: 2015 maison + objet
period: 2015

Subito, the new pressure cooker, is on sell. For Serafino Zani, Konstantin Grcic has designed the new pressure cooker – “Subito” (At once) – with the innovative design and essential and clean lines that are the creative hallmark of the German designer.
This pressure cooker has a number of highly functional features: it is in fact very easy to close and open.
What is more, the two valves fitted to it ensure perfect operation and extreme safety during use.
Made in 4 different capacities (3, 5, 7, 9 litres) “Subito” caters for a range of different requirements and
customers can choose the size that suits them best. The pressure cooker is made in polished and black
finishing.

“Subito” is made of 18/10 extra-thick stainless steel and features patented heat spreader bottom (a “sandwich” of steel+aluminium+steel) to ensure greater and more uniform heat conductivity. It is compatible with gas hobs, electric cooktops, pyroceram and induction.

designer: konstatin grcic
producer: serafino zani
period: 2014

Retap stands for refilling with tap water.

Retap was initially influenced by reading about plastic islands in the oceans, consisting mainly of plastic bottles. They felt that something had to be done. So they designed a bottle that is especially designed for drinking tap water.

The Retap Bottle 03 is the smallest bottle in the Retap Family and is small enough to fit in the cup holder of your car or in a handbag. The Retap Bottle 03 can contain 0,3 liter of water, which is enough when you can easily refill with fresh water.

The Retap Bottle 05 is the original, eco-friendly alternative to 0,5 liter PET water bottles. Retap Bottle 05 is especially designed for reuse and to enjoy drinking water.

The Retap Bottle 08 is perfect for sharing. Fill it up with 0,8 liter from the tap, store it in the fridge and you will always have cold, fresh and clean tap water. Great for dinner parties at home or meetings at work. Its beautiful Danish design will look good on every table.

· price: $18 usd
· material: borosilicate glass
· content: 0,3 l. / 0,5 l. / 0,8 l.

producer: retap
period: 2015

Steaming food is one of the healthiest ways of cooking and is becoming increasingly popular around the world. It is also a common method of cooking in Chinese cuisine. Building on this the Office for Product Design has reinterpreted the classic Chinese steamer and pot for Chinese focused homeware brand JIA giving it a modern twist.

The ‘Ding Steamer’ set consists of a cooking pot with an accompanying cedar wood steamer basket. This steamer set differs from most in that it has a terracotta base, a material ideally suited to steam cooking as it absorbs and retains excess moisture, thus stopping the food from becoming soggy. The pot itself is made from glazed fireproof ceramic which is highly resilient and can be placed directly on top of a heat source or used separately for oven cooking.

The steamer set complement the other pieces in the series, the cast iron ‘Ding Casserole’ and accompanying bone china ‘Ding Bowls’.

· price: $138-189 usd

producer: jia inc
period: 2014

Munich-based design studio Formstelle has created a lounge chair for Thonet that combines comfort with customization.

A hard outer shell supports a soft quilted seat upholstered in a specially commissioned fabric made in collaboration with German textile manufacture Rohi. Called ’Soul’, the textile is made using a high-quality new woolen yarn and a multidimensional honeycomb structure that lends the fabric depth.

Customers can choose from six different color palettes, each consisting of material options in leather, fabric and formed fleece, with matching decorative seams.

A clever mechanism allows users to adjust the position of the chair while an auto-return spring assures that the chair always comes back to its original position. The angle of backrest can also be adjusted from an upright to a fully reclined position.

The swivel frame of the lounge chair is available in wood with bentwood elements, or with flat steel or tubular steel in various colors.

designer: formstelle
producer: thonet
introduced: imm cologne 2015
period: 2015

The ingenious “Notin” is a completely airtight container that keeps your favourite food items properly and ready for you to enjoy. The ceramic canister protects food against light oxidation. You will be surprised by how easily your herbs, tea and coffee are perfectly preserved when you place the silicone lid on the stoneware container and […]

Designed and engineered by Robert Welch Designs in the English Cotswolds, this Signature santoku knife (Japanese chef’s knife) offers the home chef a unique value with a new hybrid of European and Asian cutting-edge technologies. Its special blade slices, dices and minces with clean repetitive action, allowing the food to fall away from the blade. […]

The Grand Prix™ design, by Arne Jacobsen was introduced by Fritz Hansen at the Designers’ Spring Exhibition at the Danish Museum of Art & Design in Copenhagen, in 1957. Later that year, the chair was displayed at the Triennale in Milan where it received the Grand Prix – the finest distinction of the exhibition. After […]

The product is a new concept of ham holder (for spanish cured hams) based on an innovative ball joint system (patented), which allows total freedom for rotating, positioning and cutting and many other interesting attributes: – Single point of anchorage. No second point is required. No unuseful spikes, which deteriorates the ham and accumulates dirt […]