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Holy Cup of Doubleness

Holy cheese anyone? This is a cup with holes in it. What’s the use? Well it keeps your hands cool when you pour in a hot drink, for one. But wait! Won’t the hot drink sploosh out the sides when poured in the top? No way! Know why? Because there’s two layers. The outer layer [...]

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Coffee Loving Umbrella

Try carrying your tall café latté in the rains! One hand full of your stuff, the other has an umbrella….get the drift? The solution is to get a functional Umbrella, like the one designed by Jung-Woo Lee. A convenient coffee-cup rim integrated into the handle solves the issue. I say cheers to more coffee and [...]

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Moon Rabbit Cup and Plate

taiwanese designer hsia-ying lin has worked together with craft artisan jun-ching tang on ‘moon rabbit’ cup and plate. made from black clay, these tableware pieces interpret the famous chinese fairytale of the rabbit on the mood, commemorated every autumn in taiwan during the moon festival celebrations. lin and tang have designed a cup in which [...]

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A Spot Of Tea

A better and bolder teacup set. The T-Win Demitasse Cup looks strangely alien to me for some reason yet the only things different about it are very subtle. The ringlet handles are oddly placed. I’m not sure I like it because having a handle so high up means the rest of my hand touches the [...]

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