Trends Column
Tableware Trend Analyst
Donna Ferrari
A new chapter Our trend expert, Donna Ferrari, sees a new chapter unfolding in decorative designs for dinnerware. Tableware with looks simple and neutral, rustic and handcrafted, have offered a hygge sort of comfort during the stay-at-home pandemic days. As the world is getting set to step out again a new chapter in tableware design is also emerging. Designs that are high spirited, sprung from fantasy landscapes and dreamscapes, and, even some a bit bizarre are courting consumers. Especially trending — traditional tableware designs re-envisioned with a modern point of view.
Donna Ferrari has worked in magazine publishing for over thirty years. As a consumer magazine editor she specialised in the tableware, homeware and bridal markets, and styled and produced stories related to bridal gift registry, wedding reception design and at-home entertaining. Personally, she has eleven different sets of dinnerware and closets dedicated just to tabletop accessories; she says she loves not ever having to set her table the same way twice. Meissen
Royal Crown Derby
Artistic revisions
Bringing the past to the present — long-standing designs from the past are getting recast with a modern slant. Meissen’s, the Meissen Collage Collection takes iconic designs from the brand’s trove of old décors and recasts them into playful interpretations of the original designs. The new décors are then merged into collagestyle compositions giving the extensive collection a fashion-forward attitude that invites consumers to collect and combine pieces from the four patterns in the range: Love Birds, Bloomy Feathers, Noble Chinese and Mystic Garden (shown). Royal Crown Derby’s Victoria’s Garden collection, with its medley of florals, patchwork of geometric details, opulent colours and grand excess of ornament is right out of a Victorian era playbook for devising a design. Boho, vintage chic and maximalism are all au courant trends to which this dinnerware range certainly relates — available in assorted colourways. The three separate, but 36 TABLEWARE INTERNATIONAL
mixable, patterns in Burleigh’s Collection One range collectively represent the story of a floral life cycle — from pollination, the development of cell structure to full bloom. The Pollen pattern’s honeycomb design signifies the role of bees. The Palisade pattern, (shown) is a contemporary adaptation of an engraving made by the Victorian era designer, and Professor of Artistic Botany, Christopher Dresser; the design elaborates on the symmetries found in nature and plant cells. Thirdly, the Hibiscus pattern showcases the brand’s tradition for intricate floral designs.
Burleigh
