Sketches for RAK.

Sketches is a chef-centered product range that we have designed for RAK Porcelain (United Arab Emirates / Luxembourg). We wanted to create a series of products in the way an ambitious chef creates a meal - like cleverly choreographed theatre and a journey through different emotions, impressions and associations. All the Sketches products are available through RAK and their distributors.

The embossed plates have a surface that gives a feeling both of how soft the clay is during the production process, and also of a thick cream that someone has run their fingers through.

The embossed plates have a surface that gives a feeling both of how soft the clay is during the production process, and also of a thick cream that someone has run their fingers through.

The Sketches collection is a small collection of products aimed at the ambitious chef. We wanted the products to represent something immediate and honest; to express the materials as they are and not try to imitate something.

The Sketches collection is a small collection of products aimed at the ambitious chef. We wanted the products to represent something immediate and honest; to express the materials as they are and not try to imitate something.

This bowl has a raw and immediate expression and an somewhat unfinished look - as if the process suddenly stopped.

This bowl has a raw and immediate expression and an somewhat unfinished look - as if the process suddenly stopped.

The Sketches collection represents a variety of materials with porcelain as the core. The appetizer tree is made from stainless steel and has a wooden base.

The Sketches collection represents a variety of materials with porcelain as the core. The appetizer tree is made from stainless steel and has a wooden base.

The woodstand gives the chef the possibility of serving something that is usually nicely plated in a very different way - lifted from the table.

The woodstand gives the chef the possibility of serving something that is usually nicely plated in a very different way - lifted from the table.

Sketches is not a traditional collection, rather an eclectic mix of materials and visual expressions. Something refined and something rough. Thin and thick. Big and small.

Sketches is not a traditional collection, rather an eclectic mix of materials and visual expressions. Something refined and something rough. Thin and thick. Big and small.

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The products are designed so that the finger marks do not conflict with tha plating area. These are clay models from the development.

The products are designed so that the finger marks do not conflict with tha plating area. These are clay models from the development.

The flat plates have a rough edge that was developed partly with experimenting directly in clay.

The flat plates have a rough edge that was developed partly with experimenting directly in clay.

From the development; a plaster model of the saucer.

From the development; a plaster model of the saucer.

The woodstand is paired with small steel spears that challenge the creativity of the chef, as the function is not obvious.

The woodstand is paired with small steel spears that challenge the creativity of the chef, as the function is not obvious.

A well composed meal is like a journey through different emotions, impressions and associations. There should be surprise, but also familiarity. Pleasure, but perhaps also melancholy. Interaction, but not too much. Sharing - and the opposite.

A well composed meal is like a journey through different emotions, impressions and associations. There should be surprise, but also familiarity. Pleasure, but perhaps also melancholy. Interaction, but not too much. Sharing - and the opposite.

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