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The Wednesday Journal of Cultural Insights.
I discovered these two ladies last year at the Salone where Diesel would serve their coffee with their cups and you could buy them afterwards. Smart idea but I didn’t take any with me and always regretted it.
This year they Alissa and Nienke seem to have grown a lot showcasing their own space at Ventura Lambrate at the Off-Salone with a working area where you could observe the whole process of making their beautiful marbled cups.
So, they manage to do about 20 pieces a day and can use every plaster mould like a 100 times until they have to do new ones. It is porcelain mixed with pigments and after a first firing they apply a transparent glaze which then goes to a second firing. Every piece is unique and you know how much I love this idea!
This year I haven’t I didn’t hesitate a second and got this beautiful cup with me!
Over the last 18 months, we have been watching something interesting happen in the way people search for new materials
Of all trade shows, festivals, exhibitions, Homo Faber is the one you need to experience in person. This was my
While reading Pablo Picasso’s autobiography, I found myself drawn not only to the artists of early twentieth-century Paris, but to
