Category Archives: ceramics

caroline swift

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Caroline Swift has the most gorgeous collection of delicate ceramics and tableware. This British designer used to work for Benetton as a knitwear designer. She now has her own ceramics label.

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(images from Caroline Swift)

dark colored walls

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These images show that dark colored walls are very stylish and doesn’t necessarily have to be cold.

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I love the white ceramic coffee pot in the image above. This handmade coffee pot is from Sargadelos. This Spanish label is one of Europe’s most unique porcelain design and creation companies, with more than two hundred years of history closely linked to the development of Galician culture in all spheres of creativity. The coffee pot, and a matching tea pot, is available from Le Souk.

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(images from VT Wonen)

white ceramics

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Today I’m loving .. these collection of white ceramics.

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(images by photographer Chris Everard, via Solid Frog)

ceramics by lenneke wispelwey

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Dutch designer Lenneke Wispelwey graduated in 2008 with a collection porcelain called “de zoete inval”. One month later she started her own studio in Arnhem, The Netherlands.

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Lenneke loves working with ceramics, but seh also works with other materials. She feels her work should make people smile. This is what she also tries to accomplisch in her styling work.

anne black’s apartment

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Anne Black is an internationally successful Danish designer, who is creating classical porcelain products with a unique contemporary look. Her collection consists of a wide range of home products such as vases, bowls, cups as well as jewellery.

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Anne’s beautiful apartment was recently featured in Danish magazine Boligmagasinet.

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The Anne Black collection is known for its clean, simple forms and delicate, understated graphical decorations that defines Anne’s design language. A language which clearly shows the Scandinavian design tradition to which Anne belongs. This same design style can also be found in her home.

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(images from Boligmagasinet)

ceramics by digna kosse

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Digna Kosse graduated cum laude at Design Academy Eindhoven (The Netherlands) in 2009. Since then she is working as a free-lance designer. I love her ceramics project ‘een menselijke maat’.

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Digna: “People are consuming more and more. All materials and resources we are using, are not in proportion to our own bodies, and our size in relation to the planet we are living on. For a long time, the human body has been the measure for many things, f.i. distances and weights. In this project, my body becomes a measure for consumption.”

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Digna measured all parts of her body in volumes (litres)and these volumes she has captured in a series of tableware. On every bowl, cup and dish an engravement is placed, that says which part of the body and which volume fit into it.

diy project: painted porcelain

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You can easily revamp your white china (from IKEA for example) with a porcelain paint pen (which you can find in a craft store). Once finished, you just bake it at 150`C for 35 minutes and you’re done!

(via A Merry Mishap)

spool vases by mara skujeniece

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Aren’t these ‘spool vases’ designed by Mara Skujeniece gorgeous?! Based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Mara designs furniture and interior products, specialising in ceramics. Central to Mara’s work which takes much of its inspiration from her Latvian origins, is the tactility of material, honesty in expression and a well thought-out process.

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The series ‘Spool’ vases was inspired by the forms and structures of industrial yarn bobbins used in the weaving or knitting of fabrics. Varying in size, texture and structure, the family of vases is made of white porcelain. There are currently seven different models available. All vase are handmade in The Netherlands.

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Mara was inspired by the shape and texture of industrial yarn bobbins.

blueware collection by studio glithero

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Anglo-Dutch designers Studio Glithero have created a series of vases and tiles decorated with shadows of plants captured on photosensitive chemicals. Called Blueware Collection and produced for Vauxhall Collective, the surface decoration was produced using a technique similar to traditional blueprinting.

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The floral patterns on the objects were created by attaching plants to their surfaces before exposing them to light, leaving the areas in shadow underexposed.

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Studio Glithero are members of the Vauxhall Collective, an initiative by the car company. Works for sale from Vauxhall Collective. (via Dezeen)

porcelain objects from coe&waito

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These lovely porcelain objects from coe&waito make a beautiful gift. The cones (image above) are my favourite. Each porcelain pine cone is meticulously hand sculpted, capturing the intricate beauty of natural specimens.

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coe& waito is Alissa Coe and Carly Waito from Toronto, Canada. They began their partnership while studying Industrial Design at the Ontario Colleage of Art & Design.

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There gorgeous designs are sold by retailers in the US and Canada as well as by some international retailers in Paris, Tokyo and Amsterdam. Check out their website for more information.

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(images from coe&waito)