Zen tea service
The black tea service Zen was designed by Luigi Colani in 1974 and manufactured from 1981 to 1997 by the Melitta successor company Friesland Porzellanfabrik .
description
| Zen tea service |
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| Luigi Colani , 1974 |
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Originally designed for four and six people Teegerät from Ceracron consists of 17 or 23 items. The tea service was also delivered as a nine-piece tête-à-tête service. The teapot , which sits on the supports of the warmer and can be pivoted in two directions, forms the center of the tea service. The handle of the lidless jug is hollow and has two openings for pouring out the tea. In the base plate of the warmer, two opposing recesses are incorporated into which the teacups can be inserted for pouring. There is a removable tea light holder in the center of the base plate. The raised Colani signature on the teapot is reminiscent of Japanese name stamps .
Colani combined traditional style elements from the Far East with modern, functional and biomorphic forms in his design . Contact with the porcelain manufacturer Melitta / Friesland was established in 1980 at the Frankfurt trade fair. From various designs by Colani for a service, Friesland opted for the Zen tea maker, which was made from Ceracron in 1981 as Form 6214 with a red body and a blue-black glaze . The designer was also involved in the design and creation of the glaze and packaging, as well as in finding a name.
In addition to tea cups with two opposing knobs, the tea service is complemented by saucers and cake plates, a creamer and a sugar bowl.
reception
The extraordinary tea set can be found as an exhibit in exhibitions at national and international design museums, including the Victoria and Albert Museum in London , the Museum of Design Zurich or the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum .
The tea set for two was originally sold for 298 DM . Well-preserved, complete services are currently estimated at around 300 to 500 euros .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Luigi Colani: Zen Tea Set. Accessed January 8, 2018 .
- ↑ Bayerischer Rundfunk: Teeservice: Elegant curves | BR.de . June 12, 2011 ( br.de [accessed January 6, 2018]).
- ↑ Colani Luigi. Retrieved December 17, 2018 .
- ↑ Colani Luigi. Retrieved January 8, 2018 .
- ↑ Zen - Form 6214. Retrieved December 17, 2018 .
- ↑ Bettina Maria Brosowsky: Things that mean the world . In: The daily newspaper: taz . August 7, 2015, ISSN 0931-9085 , p. 23 Hamburg, Bremen 27 ePaper ( taz.de [accessed on January 8, 2018]).
- ↑ Zen | Colani, Luigi | V&A Search the Collections. Accessed January 8, 2018 .
- ↑ Zen - Objects - Luigi Colani - Biographies - eMuseum. Retrieved January 8, 2018 .
- ^ Luigi Colani | People | Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Retrieved January 8, 2018 .
- ↑ Bayerischer Rundfunk: Tea service: Elegant curves . June 12, 2011 ( br.de [accessed December 17, 2018]).
literature
- Peter Dunas: Luigi Colani and the organic-dynamic form since Art Nouveau , Prestel, 1993
- Maren Siems (ed.): Melitta and Friesland Porzellan - 60 years of ceramic production in Varel , Jever, 2015
