Vipp partners with Annemette Kissow to launch first ceramics line
Homeware retailer Vipp has partnered with Danish ceramicist Annemette Kissow to launch a seven-piece breakfast range (+ slideshow).
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Better known for its steel and metal products, Vipp's first venture into ceramics offers a range of pieces intended to appeal to breakfast and brunch-lovers.
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The line made in collaboration with Kissow includes bowls, a milk jug, a plate shaped like a figure of eight, as well as espresso, coffee and tea cups. The traditional egg cup has also been reimagined as a ceramic "egg ring".
Pieces are available in grey or white and have been hand cast in porcelain. Each of the items has glazed interiors and hand-polished matt exteriors intersect with a single line.
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"Since I met Annemette Kissow in 2005, I have admired her work, so it was an evident choice to team up with her when we decided to add a ceramics collection to Vipp's kitchen concept," said CEO Jette Egelund.
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"Even though we are working with a completely different material, the outcome carries the same DNA as when we process steel and aluminium – a product stripped to the bone with a minimalistic look where material and processing define the design," added the brand's chief designer Morten Bo Jensen.
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Vipp first made its mark in the 1930s when blacksmith Holder Nielsen designed an enamel rubbish bin for his wife's salon.
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Quickly gaining popularity with the locals of Randers, Denmark, Nielsen set up a factory to produce the bin, which has since been added to the Museum of Modern Art's collection.
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The company takes its name from the Danish word for the opening and closing movement performed by a bin lid.
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Kissow studied at the Danish Design School in Copenhagen in the 1990s, founded her own workshop in 1995 and later opened a shop to sell her products in the city. In 2004 she was awarded the Formland Design Award for Danish-designed home accessories.
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Elsewhere in the world of ceramics, Swedish designer Jomi Evers Solheim recently used water-filled balloons to create moulds for a collection of globular porcelain vases, while Ian Anderson's ceramics studio deformed traditional shapes to develop a range of porcelain tableware.