The Beauty of Eating
Bettina – design Future Systems, for Alessi 2008
The “Bettina” table service, designed by Jan Kaplicky of Future Systems, a group of architects who has already worked with Alessi in 2003 on “Tea & Coffee Towers”, is certainly Alessi’s most innovative design in this area. It took a long time to complete ( over 4 years), many sketches, designs and prototypes to achieve the elegant and simple result.
Beauty, flexibility, practicality are the keywords.
The Table set
The set includes plates, platters, bowls and cups (coffee, tea and mugs) and the cutlery set. The items are multifuctional: for example the saucer can be used for both the mocha cup and the tea cup, or can be used as a plate for a dessert or a side dish.
the production material is thick porcelain.
The Glassware
One of the most peculiar and curious characteristics is the glassware which consists of two separate parts, the cup in crystal clear glass and the base. The design makes them appear to be a single element, but reality is very different!!
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