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Porcelain Egg Candles

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This time you get these eggs home, you open the box and take them out, and then you light up each of them to create a romantic atmosphere… Surprise? They’re actually candles, each coming in the size of a real chicken egg! [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Mood Mugs

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Time to get up—somebody smiles, somebody knits his/her brows, and there’re also someone too sleepy to open their eyes. Indeed, the same morning begins with different facial expressions, and each one has a distinctive way to enjoy their first cup of coffee. All handmade, these porcelain mugs not only come with a cute facial expression to reflect your mood, but feature a double wall insulation to keep the drink warm inside while your hands cool outside. So which do you like best, Happy as Larry, Monstrously Moody or Seriously Sleepy? [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Lightscape Tableware

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This is a creative set of painted porcelain vases and tablewares which have blurred the line between decoration and function. Obviously, Ruth Gurvich has drawn an inspiration from the Chinese Landscape Paintings, revealing the tablewares’  functions from a decorative perspective. Besides, the designer also endows these daily necessities with creases, folds and tautness characteristics of paper, giving them a distinctive appearance. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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A Bowl of Light

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Rice is a basic foodstuff for hundreds of millions people all around the world, especially the Asians. And during the dinning time, you’ll always find them hold a bowl of rice in their hands. For the Asians, a bowl of rice is not merely foodstuff to keep them alive but also a symbol of fulfillment that encourages them to work harder and harder.

Possibly inspired by that, Lo, Yu-Fen has designed the ‘Harvest’ light for Yii Collection. Shaped like a porcelain bowl with delicate patterns on its surface and tiny bits of light inside it, the decorative light is surely to bring a great change to your home. If possible, I’d like to get some home. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Porcelain Crane Pot

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How about folding a bright white piece of paper into a crane with pointed, graceful wings and use it as …a condiment pot? Yes, that’s just the new porcelain jar with a paper crane appearance. Having such an artistic pot in kitchen, I bet nobody could resist the great joy to cook. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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‘Piao’ Bone China Dinner Set

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Well, the bone china dinner set by Chinese architect Yungho Chang is right here to arouse my deep love to Chinese Porcelains, elegant and delicate. More than that, the dinner set also simulates gourd, which was commonly used as container in the old days, to achieve a popular style. The set includes several ones in different sizes and they could be arranged into a complete “gourd”.

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New Coatings for Ceramic Wares

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Have you ever imagined of textile-like porcelain dishware? Whatever, we’ll introduce you a suit of porcelain dishware designed in that way. Not that real textile, in fact, it is the special lines and pattern that makes the porcelain dishware look as graceful as textiles.

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