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Li-wai Bowls and vases by studio KDSZ

toma — Tue, 14 Jul 2015 10:36:01 +0000

KDSZ studio founder Chi Hsiao-En about project: “The concept of the series comes from different types of tradicional Chinese containers such as vase and bowl. Whit its elegant outline and proportion, combining with the everyday use cup shape to create a mixed item. The design tried to bring the beauty of tradition into modern daily life. When the cup filled with varios drinks, the “vase” or “bowl” shows up, with different colors. People are juts enjoying their time with the drinks and the design.”

studio KDSZ | China

Tea diver by Abel design

toma — Fri, 10 Jan 2014 22:05:49 +0000

This cute teatime friend is called ‘Tea Diver’ and is designed in the shape of a deep sea diver. Tea Diver is composed of a body part, a belt part and an oxygen tank part and comes in 4 different colors (metal, blue, orange,lime). It is safe to be used in hot water as the material used for the product is food grade silicone which is heat resistant and is harmless to health. Reminiscent of a deep sea diver diving into the cup, Tea Diver will help your tea time be more interesting and enjoyable.

Abel design | Seoul, Korea

Teacup by Laura Bougdanos and Vesa Jääskö

toma — Sat, 07 Dec 2013 11:36:20 +0000

Do you want a perfect cup of tea? We do. The Magisso Teacup makes enjoying tea nice and simple. Thanks to the triangle bottom, it is easy to adjust the strength of tea depending on your taste without making a mess. This is how you do it: Just tilt the Magisso Teacup so that the strainer side of the cup is lower. Then place tea leaves into the strainer, pour hot water until leaves are covered and let it steep for a while. By tilting the Magisso Teacup the other way, tea doesn’t get any stronger. Now tea is ready to be enjoyed while leaves in the strainer spread their natural fragrance.

Designers Laura Bougdanos & Vesa Jääskö| Magisso | Helsinki, Finland

Finger-In cup by Fanson Meng

toma — Wed, 31 Jul 2013 13:09:40 +0000

Have you ever “fingered” your drink!?

Finger-In cup is a medium for fingers to “hold” liquids firmly before drinking it. Differ from regular cups, it forms the fingers in the glass like an invisible man in a holding position. The redesigned cup defined a new container out of the box.

Fanson Meng | Taipei, Taiwan

Muglexia Mugs by Henry Franks

toma — Wed, 10 Jul 2013 17:34:08 +0000

Product designer Henry Franks about project: “This product is part of a range of ‘dyslexic objects’ I designed in response to my own dyslexic condition. The aim was to improve the objects through the addition of dyslexia, encouraging the user to re-engage with ordinary objects and subject people to products with a higher emotional function. Inversion and flipping of letters and words is common when reading for dyslexics and is one of many reasons why dyslexics have trouble when learning to read. I still have letters such as ‘p’ and ‘b’ (amongst others) which flip when reading and writing.

These three mugs illustrate inversion and as a result are more stable and more balanced in the hand because the handle position being (upside down and) lower down than normal. This gives a more comfortable pour when drinking due to where the centre of gravity is. They are also more stable in general and less likely to be knocked over. The inverted shape also keeps tea and coffee hotter for longer.”

Henry Franks | Oxford, United Kingdom

Pouring Light by Yeongwoo Kim

toma — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 17:30:16 +0000

This specially designed Pouring Light lamp’s concept motive is to give off emotional flow of light. The special feature of Pouring Light is the shape of flow water is the base. The pouring part of water is phosphorescence. When you turn off the light, it gives off warm dim light for right ambience and easy to fall asleep.
It conserves energy by using LED light.

Leaf Silicone Cup by Connect design

toma — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 21:54:47 +0000

The leaf-shaped silicone cup is suitable for package or pocket to carry around. However, if it was put in your pocket, it will inevitably produce bacteria. Just clean the cup first with boiling water before each drink moment.

Connect design

Handmade Porcelain Cups by Sarka Schmelzerova

toma — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 21:42:52 +0000

File original handmade porcelain cups, originally 5 pieces of different decorative solutions with a hole for a straw. Suitable for children. Rather, for cold drinks, cocktails.. cups would find application in the cafe, ice cream parlor, in fruit and milk bar, catering.

Design by Šárka Schmelzerová | Žlutice, Czech Republic

Nota mug by Lee Hae Seung. Scott

toma — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 15:44:44 +0000

‘넣다’(Neohta) means, put in/ into, insert, slot etc, ‘놓다’(Nohta) means, lay, put, place, set etc in Korean.
This design provides a new experience for the user in that the mug itself holds on to the spoon while the user drinks his ‘teh’ (tea) or ‘kopi’ (coffee) from a cup/ mug with no saucer. When I had my first meal at a hawker centre, I realized that many people around me drink kopi or teh while holding the spoon with the cup and stir making ‘clang, clang’ sounds. They do not have any saucer to put their spoon on and the table is not sanitized. The user simply put his tea spoon in the cup, let it lay naturally while they drink. The NOTA mug is designed to prevent the spoon from moving around in the cup and irritating the user; hopefully it becomes a ‘notable’ cup, different from others.

Lee Hae Seung. Scott | Seoul Korea