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Max:
Bill
I was going to reply to your posting, but thought my ideas in tableware veer towards the classical and plain, and that didn't seem terribly ground-breaking or interesting. :D
My only REAL pet hate is octagonal shaped plates (my apologies to anyone with them :oops: ) the only shape for a plate is circular!! :wink:
Anne:
Bill, I also didn't comment earlier as I wanted to have a longer think about this.
For me, the most valuable feature of any item is its versatility, so items that may be used for more than one purpose are appreciated: e.g. in both serving and storing food and to be fridge safe.
For serving I also love divided dishes - being able to put multiple things in the same serving dish makes less to carry to the table, and takes up less space on the table and in the cupboard.
I endorse Ivo's inverse stackability suggestion - no-one ever seems to have enough cupboard space! Plates - I like oval and "rounded corner square" plates as well, I think the latter are especially practical in terms of space usage on the table.
Designs with lots of decoration can fight with the look of the food, so plain is better, letting the shape enhance the presented item, and the colour needs to be something on which all types of food with look good. (Imagine purple plates with carrots or sweetcorn on and you have a horrible garish mixture IMHO!)
Hope this may help a little. I look forward to seeing your end products also.
aa:
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For me, the most valuable feature of any item is its versatility, so items that may be used for more than one purpose are appreciated: e.g. in both serving and storing food and to be fridge safe.
For serving I also love divided dishes - being able to put multiple things in the same serving dish makes less to carry to the table, and takes up less space on the table and in the cupboard.
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In this supermarket age we are all prone to eating prepared foods as we're invariably short of time, so I concur with Anne's comments.
Although being different per se is not necessarily a good USP, I've noticed that most manufacturers have tended to stick with a "more of the same" policy.
A few weeks ago someone posted a thread showing some 50's Electrolux fridge glass that was extremely practical, but not very attractive.
What about upgrading that concept and working on a fridge to table to fridge basis. So when you come back from the supermarket, you tip all your purchases out of the plastic containers into glass containers that you can keep in the fridge but take straight to the table? Just a thought.
Good luck with it and congratulations! :D
chopin-liszt:
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So something with snap-on tupperware style plastic, dishwasher-able covers? Difficult to fit in with stackability, perhaps, but an ingenious solution could be used incorporated as an aesthetic design feature!
Failing that, the dishes could be designed to fit on top of each other, one as base, one as lid, again, something ingenious and aesthetic!
Gosh - this is getting to be quite exciting!! 8)8)8):D
Leni:
--- Quote from: "chopin-liszt" --- the dishes could be designed to fit on top of each other, one as base, one as lid, again, something ingenious and aesthetic!
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My pyrex casserole dishes do just this, but are very plain and funtional. I would love a varient on this theme which was 'prettier'.
I agree about colours clashing with food, but I prefer coloured to plain glass, except when it's textured glass. :roll: So how about a coloured rim or a bit of colour somewhere, just not too much so it distracts from what's in the dishes? :D
A serving dish / bowl I am using a lot at the moment (for salads or fruit salad) is clear glass, but textured on the outside, and an interesting shape. It's shaped like an apple, and the handle is the stalk. It's a bit twee, but it's very useful. Doesn't stack with anything at all, though :( Handles should be shaped or positioned so that they don't interfere with the stackability.
Divided dishes are good, but they tend to be either oval or oblong - boring! :roll: How about a different shape? Round or square but divided would be different. Or what about a divided dish with one end larger and one end smaller - sort of pear-shaped? :shock:
Now I'm getting excited, too! :D :D :D
Leni
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