The Modern Home Collection – A-Z of the Atomic Era is British brand Magpie’s latest mix and match housewares collection. The colorful collection of mix and match plates, mugs, espresso cups, platters, tea towels and more have a distinctly retro feel and feature a witty alphabetical compendium of 26 of the last century’s most iconic designs illustrated in a beautiful vintage screen-print style. Read more
The Kahla Daily Menu Plates project by 5.5 Design Studio is a collection of biomorphic dishes designed to fit specific meals for each day of the week. Read more
Introducing the Work of Jed Morfit, Artist and professor of sculpture at the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey. Read more
Olly Moss, a designer of whose work I am a giant fan, created these during some downtime. Re-imagining the classic China Blue Willow pattern he’s created Blue Willow dinnerware for video game lovers. Read more
This wonderfully weird take on Blue Willow dishes, Multidishes by Maxime Ansiau, combines multiple plates into one that can be mounted on the wall as art or used as serving pieces. Read more
The mixed media collection, Little owl Designs’ Altered Perspectives is a mixed media collection that merges classic, traditional and Fauve fine art paintings with various types of Transferware dishes to result in unique art assemblages. Read more
You may have seen his wonderful and whimsical Transportation Plates (shown at the end of this post) on some other design blogs such as Dezeen. Now, in addition to those, designer Boguslaw Sliwiลski has come up with five new designs that feature a silhouette of a man in various athletic positions, giving the illusion of interacting with food placed on the plate. The five sports: football, skydiving, diving, tug of war and weightlifting are whimsical, but still stylish and will delight children and adults alike. Read more
Adding his own narrative to what at first glance looks like classic Willow Pattern China (a style of dinnerware which originated in England in the early 1800s), designer Nille Svensson has created “Fake China.” Read more