Chinese Tableware
Jia Inc new products
Zischa coffee set – purple clay and bamboo – design by Gearlab
« Zisha, also known as purple clay, is natural clay unique to China, found around Taihu in Jiangsu during the Northern Song Dynasty (1000-1200 A.D.). When fired, the purple clay assumes a fine and sandy texture that retains the temperature of the tea held inside longer than ordinary ceramics. Microscopic pores of Zisha absorb the fragrance of tea, keeping the tea’s freshness from spoiling. »
Ding casserole, bowl, steamer set and mitt – design by Office for product design
Mike Mak Design
Two funy objects by Hong Kong designer Mike Mak.
Dear Van Gogh is a silicon mug that integrated with a realistic flexible ear. It could replace the punishment from MUM/ Wife / Girlfriend. And it is a good listener to keep your secrets and grumbling.
You can also customize it with your favourate earrings.
Eyeclock is a pleasuring clock which gives pleasure while telling you time.
via SwissMiss
Bamboo architecture
3 magnificient examples of the use of bamboo in modern achitecture by Kengo Kuma & Associates.
Villa. Great (Bamboo) Wall Beijing, China 2002
Villa. Great (Bamboo) Wall Beijing, China 2002
Exhibition facility. Shizuoka, Japan. 2004
Restaurant. Cha Cha moon Whiteleys, Queensway, London, UK 2009
Urban carpets
« Carpets representing different maps of Hutong districts. The carpets are embroidered by hand with the same technique of the propaganda slogans on large fabrics used by the communist party during the seventies. »
« Marcella Campa and Stefano Avesani are focusing on the urban growth of Chinese cities and their transformation since 2003. They curated the monographic issue n.78 of the international magazine AREA about Chinese contemporary visual art and architecture. In June 2005 they won the international Archiprix prize in Glasgow with a project for the Hutongs in Beijing. In October 2005 they moved to China and started working on the Instant Hutong art project and on a parallel research on contemporary Chinese urban habitat. After studying and working in China and Europe, they established their own architectural practice in Beijing. »
