Black pots and magic

If there is such a thing as radical design, Ineke Hans would fit the bill. This brutally beautiful black porcelain coffee pot is from her 'Black Gold Modular' series (2002): it's all pipes and poetry.



Ineke Hans is a Dutch designer that countinues to stretched the boundaries of (industrial) design. Black porcelain held her gaze because it's difficult to produce: it behaves awkwardly during the firing process. Black is also the primeval (lack of) colour: it undefines objects and fades them out, so that they appear as mere silhouettes.
"I feel more like a magician," informs us Ineke Hans.
And a rug, she adds, can be a boat.

Stories at High Tea, And More

Jorine Oosterhoff is one of those almost-fairy sort who looked through the looking glass. Her designs are playful: she admits herself that her little porcelain pieces (like the set 'mad hatters' above) are meant to come alive on your table, ‘like soldiers in a little nation’.


Sugary soldier & Milky major

“I like to create series,” muses Jorine, “put more products together like a family. This gives me more opportunities to create...

... a story.” They really do look as if they are going to attack you, don't they?
"En garde!"

Good morning, Monday

Monday's pleasure: a pompous cupuccino!
'Café Pompose' - a coffee set consisting of
a cappuccino cup: a fat lady,
an expresso cup: a stately gentleman,
a ristretto cup: their little child.
These intriguing morning porcelain and coffee stories are by Jorine Oosterhoff,
a Dutch designer from Arnhem.

Frederik Roijé

Holy Homes (2007)


Breed Retreat (2010) - an architectural hen house to breed and retreat

Frederik Roijé is a young Dutch designer (his website includes a webshop). He first caught my interest a while ago with his 'Spineless Lamps', showcased and distributed through Droog.
I've been looking to buy that holy home for birds for some time now. Main obstacles: EUR 215 a piece, coupled with a socialistic upbringing.


Spineless Lamps (2003)