Utensils That Just Hang Around
Muuto’s new cooking set and salad servers combine form, function and craftsmanship. The elegant wooden tools are precisely designed and crafted for a sleek modern…
Tableware
Dining Table Puppetry
I love to play with my left overs. I figure, someone is just going to throw away all the scraps so why not prepare it…
More Than a Cyber Café
I’m embarrassed to admit it but I was one of the first people to criticize the concept of cyber cafés and even bet they wouldn’t…
Lemme See You Percolate
If your caffeine addiction is anything like mine, you too will appreciate this hybrid coffee maker by VeneriDesign. While I like the idea of single…
An Angle on the Fruit Bowl
In its history, the fruit bowl has always been a central object of table culture. This “bowl” by Thomas Feichtner is a step beyond the…
Go Tea
Combining the ancient game of Go along with ritualistic tea can lead to disastrous results but Arthur Xin carefully masters that fine line in this…
Chopstick Training Wheels
Using chopsticks requires a kind of dexterous finesse that can take months to master so if your hands are about as coordinated as two left…
Concrete Plates
Two of my favorite materials: concrete and wood. What’s not to love about these concrete plates by Nir Meiri. Albeit, they have got to be…
WTF is that?
A coffee mug… duh. Sip your favorite cup o’ joe in one of these ceramic sculptures by Jerome Olivet, appropriately named Speed, Flight, Skin, Attraction,…
Bring Luck
There are bowls that cannot be used because of small defects. And there are people around us that need these bowls. Bring Luck was made…
Superstition in Design
You’ve heard the old rules. Don’t walk under a ladder. Be wary of a black cat. Never spill salt. It’s all superstition but many people…
Hot Bowls Make for Sad Fingers
I love me some pho – the epitome of Vietnamese cuisine, but anyone who has experience with serving hot soup of any kind knows you…