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

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

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