J Chew Porcelain
Jamie Chew is transforming the modern dining table with her unique take on traditional Chinese porcelain. Jaime was born in Malaysia and raised in New York City. She dabbled in a variety of careers, penultimately working as a marketing communications manager for a hotel in Shanghai.
Arabesque
Jaimie found her passion for porcelain and design while touring the artisan towns of China. She returned to New York and set up her company, J. Chew Porcelain in 2007.
Song – The Eastern color of the courts
The motivation behind her designs is to create a table setting that will inspire conversation. For example, in Song, the two color represent the colors of the Chinese courts, red for courts in the east, and blue for courts in the west.
Lotus
“I’m always researching, from magazines to building facades that catch my eye,” explains Chew. “Literature also helps me and a passage in a book describing the lace on an article of clothing can inspire a trip to the library to hunt down a costume book and the corresponding textile of that time.”
Lattice
Lattice design is found in Chew’s work, specifically in her new pattern named after the design form. “I was surrounded by Chinese furniture growing up,” Jaime says. “I simply recreated and redesigned some of them for my styles.
Shangrila
Stories are told through J Chew Procelain’s styles – each available in traditional 5-piece place settings. Serving dishes are also part of her collections. You can find them all at Michael C. Fina.
via: Hospitality Design
Little Black Dress Plates at Tonic Home
Are these too cute? I like them. The look great on the wall, but these dress plates would look even better wearing a coat of chocolate cake. :)
Find these at Little Black Dress Plates at Tonic Home. They’re made by Rosanna. The set of four sells for $30. A great price.
Alfredo Haberli’s Origo Dishes
I think that most of us don’t spend a lot of time thinking about who designs our dishes. When our current set begins to chip and break we simply go shopping for something we like, buy it, and never think about how it came to be. There’s nothing wrong with that. But sometimes, especially when we’re looking for something really unique, it’s nice to know something about the creative person who designed it.
I’m running a week-long series on Swiss product designer, Alfredo Haberli. He designs all sorts of things for all sorts of companies. Think of him as a type of free-lance artist. This is how many product designers work.
H?§berli designed Origo, a set of dishware, in 2000 for Iittala. I have a few serving dishes in this pattern, but had no idea who the designer was until I read an article about him in MD. H?§berli says, “Our eating habits are changing continuously ‚Äì just like our day-to-day lives. The Origo idea was to create an easy, everyday tableware with a variety of applications. The stacking rings on the bottom of the plates, the facility for fixing cups and bowls to saucers and plates and the decorative elements are real discoveries. Details like these help determine the range of applications for everyday life.”
This gives you a small idea of the enormous amount of thinking that goes into the design of a simple set of dishes. If you’re like most of us, you probably thought he just did the decoration. Origo is beautiful, in my humble opinion. You can find these for sale in Detroit at Mezzanine, and online at FinnStyle.
The design process is amazing to me. Maybe I’m just a geek at heart. I appreciate things so much more when I know how hard someone worked to get it right. Do you?
Fish Dish
I have to say, the stylists and buyers at William Sonoma Home do a great job. Did I mention that they’re part of the Pottery Barn family? Whatever you think of them, they know their market and do a pretty good job of catering to them. You don’t see any puffy micro-fiber sofas here.
But I disgress.
I an loving this fishware designed by their artist in residence, Marc Lacaze. He’s French and lives in Paris. Ooh la la! I think I need to visit him. Marc is a world traveler who drew from his diving adventures to create the La Mer Collection.¬†
The collection consists of a large platter and serving bowl (both $59 each), and 10″ plates and bowls that are sold in sets of four ($54 per set). These prices are amazing. Not only would these look great at the table, they’d make a wonderful wall display as well.
By the way, I’ve included a link to some of Marc Lacaze’s posters. You can see his photography here.
Snowden Flood
Please forgive me. I can’t remember what blog I found this site on. I should have written it down – especially because it was well into the wee hours (i.e. 10:00). Anyway, I love these plates and things from Snowden Flood. Have a look-see.
Albert Bridge plate $51
Battersea Station plate $51
These British landmarks remind me of a post I wrote a couple of weeks ago on dishes from Lovegrove and Repucci. Those are designed to look like Delft but the images are from New York sights.
If you could put your favorite tourist spot on a plate what would it be?
