United by their attention to function and decorative qualities, the unique bowls and serving accessories shown here add richness and intrigue to the tabletop. Luminaire's table objects highlight the distinct ability of each designer to convey emotion. From glassware made by traditional glass blowing techniques, to the avant garde and highly conceptual Niche Dishes from Zaha Hadid, each item is able to transform the dining table from mundane to considered.
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A rhythmic exploration of line becoming form, designer Pauline Deltour's A Tempo Citrus Basket for Alessi is a graphic element for the tabletop that is as functional as it is stunning.
A Tempo Citrus Basket
Pauline Deltour
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Designer Kate Chung's Abundance Airtight Canisters blend Chinese philosophy with insightful design to create a functional storage item for the kitchen. While one of the key Chinese philosophies describes that the earth is square and the heaven is round to demonstrate the stability and the mobility, the yin and yang, Chung takes the line and uses terra cotta and a silicone cap to translate the thinking into modern airtight canisters with a touch of Zen.
Abundance Airtight Canister
Kate Chung
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With unique hand-painted patterns, Catharina Kippel's Bono Bowls are both practical and decorative. Perfect for entertaining, the set of three bone china tabletop bowls are perfect for appetizers. Presented in a black gift box, the bowls are an attractive gift that add art and style to the home.
Bono Bowls
Catharina Kippel
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With unique hand-painted patterns, Catharina Kippel's Bono Dessert Plates are both practical and decorative. Presented in a black gift box, the set of three bone china plates are an attractive gift that add art and style to entertaining.
Bono Dessert Plates
Catharina Kippel
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Designed by Kate Chung, the artful Calligraphy flatware set features forks, knives and spoons which each takes its form from the brushstrokes of Shou Jing Ti calligraphy, a font created by Emperor Song Hui Zong at the beginning of the 12th century.
Calligraphy Flatware
Kate Chung
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Playful and engaging, Claudio Colucci's Carafe Un Verre offers a unique take on the classic wine jug. As if placed by magic inside the container, a wine glass rises from the base to create an interesting sight. Depending on how you fill it, the carafe's inner glass may look as if it is full or, make it fuller and watch the glass become submerged.
Carafe Un Verre
Claudio Colucci
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With its sliding fluorescent color lid, Takumi Shimamura's Chanto container is as unique and eye catching as it is functional. Able to be easily stacked, the containers are convenient to use on the tabletop or in the kitchen for storage of food or as organizing objects for the office.
Chanto Container
Takumi Shimamura
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Inspired by the archetypal bottle form, Andreas Engesvik's Corky Carafe is a straightforward combination of glass and cork that functions equally as well as a wine carafe, water jug or even a milk bottle.
Corky Carafe
Andreas Engesvik
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A companion to his Corky Carafe, designer Andreas Engesvik's Corky Glasses feature the same subtle design and take inspiration from the archetypal shape of classic bottles. Small and light, the set of four drinking glasses compliments the carafe or may be used separately.
Corky Glasses
Andreas Engesvik
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Laurence Brabant's Decales collection of glassware combines specialized glass-blowing techniques with witty design while remaining highly functional. Adding intrigue and delight to the tabletop, the Decales Carafe features an expressive form that bridges art and design.
Decales Carafe
Laurence Brabant
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Laurence Brabant's Decales collection of glassware combine specialized glass-blowing techniques with witty design. The Decales Glass Bowls feature an expressive design; with a sinuous rounded base and an of center cylindrical form at the top, the glass bowls echo the other vessels in the Decales collection while remaining functional and well proportioned.
Decales Glass Bowls
Laurence Brabant
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Giving shape to irony, poetry and nostalgia, Laurence Brabant's Decales collection of tumblers incorporate specialized glass-blowing techniques with witty design. Expressive, concentric cylinders are stacked three high, throwing off each vessel's equilibrium yet still retaining balance.
Decales Glass Tumblers
Laurence Brabant
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The minimal design and attention to details that are present in the Emptiness Dinnerware is meant to awaken the sense of touch while in use. Designer Kate Chung references a core philosophy of Chinese Taoism to create harmony between the being and the non-being.
Emptiness Dinnerware
Kate Chung
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A simple form at home with any glassware, Daff's Felt Coasters combine the rich texture of high-quality merino wool felt with a wide range of vivid colors.
Felt Coasters
Daff Design
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Simple forms with harmonious proportions, Daff's Felt Placemats combine the rich texture of high-quality merino wool felt with a wide range of vivid colors and compliment any dining table.
Felt Placemats
Daff Design
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The Festa Appetizer Set, designed by Liliana Bonomi, is a collection of porcelain bowls that rest on a polished stainless steel tray, emphasizing and enhancing the presentation of food.
Festa Appetizer Set
Liliana Bonomi
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A functional carafe with sophisticated lines, Fia by Nina Jobs is perfect for wine or water and features a glass sphere that acts as a stopper.
Fia Carafe
Nina Jobs
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With a name derived from a play on the words global and local, the Glocal collection by KNIndustrie features a functional tabletop Cheese Plate made from an exhausted wood barrel.
Glocal Cheese Plate
KNIndustrie
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With a Name derived from a play on the words global and local, the Glocal collection by KNIndustrie features a functional tabletop Cutting Board made from an exhausted wood barrel.
Glocal Cutting Board
KNIndustrie
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By one of the masters of modern Italian design, Vico Magistretti, the Grip Glassware collection is a series of understated, well-considered vessels suitable for a wide variety of drinks. With glass increasingly thin, almost to the point of disappearance, the objectivity of the glassware is reduced which focuses attention on the contents rather than container.
Grip Glassware
Vico Magistretti
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The poetic, minimal work of Maarten Van Severn is characterized by carefully reduced forms, well thought out design and an acute sensitivity to materiality. On a constant search for ways to remove superfluous elements from objects, the designer has achieved a cutlery set that is the absolute synthesis of function, design and craft.
Hybrid Cutlery
Maarten Van Severen
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With a design influenced by a balloon containing water, Norway Says used glass as the skin to similarly contain liquid. Subtle curves at the top and bottom of the carafe balance the slender form which is punctuated by a shallow spout for pouring.
I'm Boo Carafe
Norway Says
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Beautifully-crafted and whimsical, Fx Balléry designed Les Montgolfières in a delightful nod to childhood days he spent watching hot air balloons in Eastern France at the Royal Saltworks of Arc and Senans.
Les Montgolfieres Wooden Containers
FX Ballery
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Through a dedicated exploration of nature realized in subtle communion of unlikely materials, Vanessa Mirtrani's designs are both ethereal and delightful. This experimentation is found within the Lilliput Mug, a cylindrical form of blown-glass topped with pewter sculptures.
Lilliput Mug
Vanessa Mitrani
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Like a lotus leaf floating in water after a soft rain, the Swarovski crystals scattered on the undulating, polished-glass surface of Studio Pei-Zhu's Lotus plate evoke scattered reflections of time and light just as water droplets would.
Lotus Plate
Studio Pei-Zhu
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Inspired by the concept of purifying and re-interpreting the aesthetic beauty found in everyday objects, designer Catherine Lovatt's bowls subtract from the archetypal form creating a functional object with a unique design language.
Lovatt Bowl
Catherine Lovatt
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Inspired by the concept of purifying and re-interpreting the aesthetic beauty found in everyday objects, designer Catherine Lovatt's porcelain plate subtracts from the archetypal form creating a functional object with a unique design language.
Lovatt Plate
Catherine Lovatt
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The Meniscus Bowl is a substantial yet graceful curve of heavy lead crystal. Designed by Claryssa Berning, this bowl is the essence of simple, functional beauty acting almost as a lens and intensifying the reaction of its viewer.
Meniscus Bowl
Claryssa Berning
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Designed by Professor Peter Raacke in 1959, Mono-A flatware continues to stand for the purist's definition of form and function. Considered a classic, the flatware collection has been the recipient of numerous domestic and international awards.
Mono-A Flatware
Peter Raacke
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Inspired by the sight of an island peacefully rising from the ocean, Danny Vanlet's mouth-blown, molded Oilo glass dish features an integrated candle holder that gracefully rises from the object.
Oilo Glass Dish
Danny Vanlet
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Patricia Urquiola has imagined an inverted geodesic dome as a serving bowl. Stretching the technique of pressing metal to its limits, the bowl is made from a single sheet of stainless steel which is formed without welding.
Orloff Bowl
Patricia Urquiola
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Perfect craftsmanship and design clarity are the hallmarks of Prof. Peter Raacke's Oval flatware set for Mono. The smoothness of the oval shape and the palpable weight enhance the use of each piece in this pattern.
Oval 5pc Flatware Set
Peter Raacke
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Axel Delbrayere's Paysages Planche wooden tray looks as though it were born of nature itself. The unbroken, long, and easy curvature moves as one fluid design, emotionally and sensually connecting to the viewer and user, who cannot resist caressing the smooth, finely sanded surface of this elegant piece.
Paysages Planche Wooden Tray
Axel Delbrayere
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Simple, though with a strongly sensual presence, Axel Delbrayère's Paysages Wooden Trays have gentle curved surfaces that create compartments to hold food and condiments. The warm softness of finely-sanded wood gives the tray a smooth texture that proves hard not to caress, and its sculptural form makes it feel, as the designer notes, "as if it were floating above the table.
Paysages Wooden Trays
Axel Delbrayere
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For those unfamiliar with farms in the Upper Jura mountains, it may be difficult to see how FX Ballery's elegant Perrette Brasse Wooden Container is inspired by the rustic, weathered buckets one often finds in these French settings.
Perrette Brasse Wooden Container
FX Ballery
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While satisfying its intended purpose as a carafe, Celine Frebault's Pinson Carafe takes a whimsical approach to design wherein the entirety of the transparent glass form - including the handle - fills with the beverage being served. The carafe is an dynamic and original design that adds a witty touch to the tabletop or bar area.
Pinson Carafe
Celine Frebault
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The practical side kick to Celine Frebault's Pinson Carafe, the Pinson Glasses continue the whimsical approach to design wherein the entirety of the transparent glass form - including the handle - fills with the beverage being served.
Pinson Glasses
Celine Frebault
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The Sade Glassware collection combines soft lines with a refined profile that reflects the delicate nature of glass itself. A long, cylindrical form with a bulbous base in four variations, each drinking glass designed for a particular beverage.
Sade Glassware
Demirden Design and Hasan Demir Obuz
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An interpretation of functional kitchen and serving ware, Nao Tamura's Seasons Large Serving Tray is inspired by nature and technology viewed through the cultural lens of Japan. Like its smaller siblings, the large tray resembles a real leaf; it is flexible and enjoys its own shape leading to a multi-purpose, sculptural serving accessory.
Seasons Large Serving Tray
Nao Tamura
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An interpretation of functional kitchen and serving ware, Nao Tamura's Seasons Serving Trays are inspired by nature and technology viewed through the cultural lens of Japan. Like a real leaf, each serving dish is flexible and enjoys its own shape leading to a multi-purpose, sculptural serving accessory.
Seasons Serving Trays - Set of 4
Nao Tamura
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Re-imagining the archetypal form of a carafe, designer Goncalo Campos has given soul to his Sede series of blown glass vessels. By assuming various positions like a living creature, these carafes express movement through the subtle differences in each version.
Sede Carafes
Goncalo Campos
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Sin Azumi's Snowman Milk Pitcher finds inspiration for its relaxed lines and harmonious proportions in the organic form of a drop of water. Perfect for use during breakfast with coffee or during formal meals, the white porcelain form works well with a wide variety of dinnerware.
Snowman Milk Pitcher
Shin Azumi
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Sin Azumi's Snowman Oil & Vinegar Pitcher finds inspiration for its relaxed lines and harmonious proportions in the organic form of a drop of water. The white porcelain form works well with a wide variety of dinnerware to add a complimenting element that provides both function and visual interest to the table.
Snowman Oil & Vinegar Pitcher
Shin Azumi
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Designer Douglas Legg has created a contemporary graphic form by using traditional techniques. Available in three sizes, the family of handmade baskets is suitable for a variety of purposes, from decorative tabletop objects to functional catch-alls.
Splint Bamboo Basket
Douglas Legg
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Infusing her own personal, nordic interpretation of simplicity into a range of products for Alessi, Kristiina Lassus' mirror-polished stainless steel Tau Tray is a concise and considered design.
Tau Tray
Kristiina Lassus
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Reinterpreting stainless steel through basic geometries, asymmetries, and clean cuts, German designer Konstantin Grcic's Un Attimo Dopo tray displays the minimalist language that is characteristic of the designer. Through his household items in the Passami il Sale collection, objects take on unusual fashions while remaining functional.
Un Attimo Dopo Tray
Konstantin Grcic
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A single material takes on double personalities through the use of both polished and brushed stainless steel surfaces in the Va Bene Cosi tabletop basket. German designer Konstantin Grcic's reinterprets the material through basic geometries, asymmetries, and clean cuts while still displaying the minimalist language of the designer.
Va Bene Cosi Basket
Konstantin Grcic
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A carafe with a sinuous, elegant line made of mouth-blown glass, Todd Bracher's Vas is a refreshingly simple take on a common object.
Vas Carafe
Todd Bracher
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A slender shape that distinctively balances a linear form with considered rounded details, the Menu Water Carafe with Smart Lid designed by Jakob Wagner is a refreshing reinterpretation of the classic bottle archetype.
Water Carafe with Smart Lid
Jakob Wagner
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Drawing inspiration from archetypal Scandinavian basket weaving, Cecilie Manz Wicker Basket adds a modern twist in materials and form. Wide and thin straps alternately appear to be woven together to form a multipurpose basket for bread or anything else.
Wicker Basket
Cecilie Manz
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Strong in its geometric form and clean construction, XLBoom's Set of Low Trays is a stylish and considered way to present food and drink or display votives and decorative objects around the house.
XLBoom Set of Low Trays
XLBoom
