51Mar 29, 2015
Inspired by the ceramics of Eva Zeisel, the EVA teaset embodies her design philosophy of attracting the hand as well as the eye. Simple, elegant and delightful to handle, the Eva teaset won the 2014 Golden A’ Design Award for Tableware. Available in glossy white porcelain with silver plating, or a black matte stoneware. Each piece is thoughtfully designed for enhancing the senses at tea-time.
dimensions:
· teapot: 12 x 20 x 14 cm. (600 ml)
· cups: 9 x 12 x 8 cm. (200 ml.)
· milk pitcher: 15 x 9 x 9 cm
· sugar bowl: 9 x 9 x 11 cm.
· platter: 30 x 30 x 3 cm.
· stainless steel filter fitted inside
· price: $115 usd
producer: maia ming designs
period: 2015
52Mar 29, 2015
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
53Mar 24, 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
54Mar 24, 2015
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
55Mar 17, 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 […]
56Mar 17, 2015
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. […]
57Mar 13, 2015
The new Chassis Tour by Rolser is pure innovation, made from lightweight materials and provides highly versatile movements thanks to its new wheels which allow for 360º turns. The popular 4 wheeler tilts back and with minimal effort, glides along the street with style. Conceived, designed and prepared to offer tomorrow’s solutions today, the 4-wheeler […]
58Mar 7, 2015
The delicately facetted bands that surround the rounded Loya pieces are the sole ornamentation on this original Jean Puiforcat design. This type of simplicity is customary to modern silverwork, and Puiforcat has established itself as the unrivalled leader in this realm. Such purity also allows light to reflect off of the polished surfaces, and to […]
59Mar 5, 2015
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 […]
60Mar 5, 2015
A playful and decorative “piggy” bank to inspire savings. Fun and tactile whales make a great gift with a purpose…even the name is a play on words. Available in seven bright, rainbow hued colors, the whale bank is made of porcelain and coated with a soft matte rubber surface finish. Color choices are green, blue, […]