Kaj Franck tableware
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Som tableware (Teema & Kartio)from the well known Finnish designer Kaj Franck http://www.iittala.fi/web/Iittalaweb.nsf/en/home
Would be nice to see some renders of these
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Would the blue object be a flower vase?
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No, it's a jug
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Excuse me for being so analytical but, hopefully the internal diameter at the waist is sufficient for hand scrubbing the interior?
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I wouldn't know
These were desined in 1958 and been in Iittala collection ever since...
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@mitcorb said:
Excuse me for being so analytical but, hopefully the internal diameter at the waist is sufficient for hand scrubbing the interior?
Yes it is (just). I have a red one (used usually as a flower vase). All of these are very familiar to me. The glass is the original where the material is very thin-none survived my childhood home. Thanks Marleus.
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By way of clarification, I find those items in the collection very pleasing in their own way.
It is just my design education coming out when I ask those "analytical questions".
I believe one must appraise an object not only for its visual appeal which represents color, proportion and a slew of other elements, but especially in product design how well it meets its intended function, and by extension, its longevity. In the case of the jug, I suppose you could run out and get a bottle brush or slosh a soapy cloth around in the bottom and hope you clean the entire inside. -
The Franck stoneware is very durable. I have in daily use some bowls and rectangular serving dishes that, as far as I remember, were purchased by my parents around 1960, and others we bought ourselves in the late 1970s. I still find the simplicity pleasing, and our kind of food looks good in it.
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