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Design Milk: 'Artek and Heath Ceramics’ New Tile Tables Cleverly Cohere Clay with Wood'
“As kindred spirits, the Artek and Heath Ceramics teams have once again come together to combine our respective crafts,” says Marianne Goebl, Artek Managing Director. “Designed as a system, the Tile Table collection encourages play and experimentation with color and texture. The results are, we believe, delightful functional companions for the home.”
An added bonus: the Artek + Heath Chess Table. Though the brand identifies this clever application as a call back to Max Ernst chess table at Villa Mairea—designed by Aino and Alvar Aalto, this ingeniously unexpected second application seems to have naturally emerged from the coherence of tile and table typologies—an impromptu game board with segmented tiles doubling as chessboard files. To mark the moment, hand-thrown and hand-glazed ceramic chess pieces were imagined according to the previously outlined philosophy. The possibilities of pattern configuration and unexpected function are ostensibly, endless.
Read the full article by Adrian Madlener
An added bonus: the Artek + Heath Chess Table. Though the brand identifies this clever application as a call back to Max Ernst chess table at Villa Mairea—designed by Aino and Alvar Aalto, this ingeniously unexpected second application seems to have naturally emerged from the coherence of tile and table typologies—an impromptu game board with segmented tiles doubling as chessboard files. To mark the moment, hand-thrown and hand-glazed ceramic chess pieces were imagined according to the previously outlined philosophy. The possibilities of pattern configuration and unexpected function are ostensibly, endless.
Read the full article by Adrian Madlener
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The Strategist: 'The Best Dinner Plates, According to Cooks, Designers, and More People With Impeccable Taste'
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New York Times: 'A Panorama of Reimagined Designs'
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