Porcelain Color Research and Colored B-set
Date: 2006
Commissioned by: Jongeriuslab
Type: Project
Hella Jongerius is a designer with whom Royal Tichelaar works regularly. This cooperation has brought forth a rich assortment of products: the B-set (1999), the Big White Pot and Red White Vase (2000), the Soup Set (2003) and the Majolica Set (2005).
In Jongerius’ view, each cooperative project with a company must lead to new insights and, therefore, she was hardly interested in exhibiting just another overview of her work. The challenging idea, however, of extending her oldest design, the B-set, in a wide ranging color research project with Tichelaar, appealed to her as worthy of an exhibition. In the project, Jongerius’ color preferences are highlighted, with red and green in glazing and hand painting, and pigment colored clay for shades of gray and brown.
As a result of this project two new colors are added to the B-set range (available through www.tichelaar.nl).