25,000 Cups and Saucers
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25,000 Cups and Saucers
Yusuke Seki’s novel retail interior makes the most of everyday dishware.
In Nagasaki Prefecture, the Japanese designer gathered thousands of chipped and rejected cups, bowls and saucers from the porcelain-making region, then filled them with concrete. Stacked in rows on the floor, the dishware is now a viewing platform for displaying new ceramic wares, allowing shoppers to literally walk on top of the town’s four-century old porcelain history.
Photography: Takumi Ota
Published: Azure, Nov/Dec 2015
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25,000 Cups and Saucers
Japanese designer Yusuke Seki creates a novel retail experience using everyday dishware
My feature describes how the designer gathered thousands of chipped and rejected white cups, bowls and saucers from the porcelain-making region in Nagasaki Prefecture, then filled them with concrete. Stacked in rows on the floor, the dishware is now a viewing platform for new ceramic wares, allowing shoppers to literally walk on top of the town’s centuries’ old porcelain history.
Photography: Takumi Ota
Published: Azure, Nov/Dec 2015