Pots by Benjamin Hubert for Menu

(Reblogged from dezeen.com, original article by Emilie Chalcraft)

London designer Benjamin Hubert has created a range of terracotta pots with rubber lids for Danish homeware brand Menu.

The collection, called Pots, was created by Benjamin Hubert and Menu using the contrast between traditional terracotta and industrially produced rubber lids.

Each pot has a natural exterior and a glazed interior, while the lids are injection-moulded silicone.

The collection comprises a tall and top-heavy pot for spaghetti, a container with a wide spout for dispensing pasta or grain, a small pot with a long neck for controlled pouring, and a wide cookie jar that rotates on its angled base for easy sharing.

Last year dezeen.com published a rustic restaurant interior in Copenhagen by Menu in collaboration with Norm Architects.

Dezeen.com has featured lots of products by Hubert, including a ceramic lamp, also launching at Maison & Objet, and a lighting collection made of underwear fabric – see all designs by Benjamin Hubert.

Other designs from Maison & Object dezeen.com has reported on this year include a speaker shaped like a volume icon on a computer and whimsical wallpapers by Fornasetti – see all products from Maison & Objet 2013.

Here’s some more information from the designers:

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Pots by Benjamin Hubert X Menu

Pots is a series of storage jars launching from Menu in Spring 2013. The project is a result of a close collaboration between Benjamin Hubert and Danish brand Menu. The storage jars stem from the studio’s “materials driven, process led” industrial design approach, researching the typologies and language associated with ancient and contemporary methods of keeping products cool and dry utilising terracotta.

Pots feature an exterior of natural, raw terracotta contrasting with the gloss glazed interior and soft rubber lids, providing a multitude of experiences for your senses. The collection represents an uncompromising contrast between the ancient traditions found in terracotta and the industrial modernity embedded in the mass-produced rubber lids.

Pots provide an earthen landscape of sculptural but functional objects for your kitchen table, desk or windowsill. The series consists of four vessels, each holding a specific function – or ingredient – of your choice:

1. A tall djembe-like sculpture with a distinct waistline, whichgris holds your spaghetti or grissini so you can easily grasp it without lifting the pot.
2. A container with a wide pouring area making it easy for you to control the dispensing of pastas and grains.
3. A small pouring device with a long neck allowing for controlled dispensing of seeds, grains and sugar.
4. A stout cookie jar that can be twisted and turned to encourage sharing. This contains biscuits, tea bags, bonbons etc.

Handy! – Introducing The Baggy Winecoat

Boxed wines are just as delicious as the bottled variety, but are usually better value, often giving several times the wine for the buck. They are hardly pleasing to look at however, and showing up at a party with one will most likely make you self-conscious. The tacky and clunky aesthetic of bag-in-box wines is inescapable – or was – but no longer!

The Menu Baggy Winecoat is the perfect solution for the style-conscious individual. The Baggy Winecoat is durable and portable, yet has a simple and elegant aesthetic, available in several colors to match your style. Simply take out the wine bag from its box, place it in the Baggy Winecoat, and adjust the handle to size. The tap on the wine bag fits through a hole in the non-slip rubber base for convenient tapping. There’s even room for an ice pack or other cooling element to keep your wine nicely chilled.

Put it on the table, hang it up, take it on a trip – the Baggy Winecoat is the ultimate accessory for anyone that’s ever bought boxed wine. Designed by Jakob Wagner and recipient of the Good Design Award and FORM Award, you know you are getting a quality product.