Ink Dish is an American tableware design company located in San Diego, California. The company uses designs by contemporary underground artists for their line of porcelain dinnerware.[1] Ink Dish was founded in 2008 by David Harding and Caroline Pople.[2]
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Tableware design |
| Founded | 2008 |
| Founder | David Harding, Caroline Pople |
| Headquarters | San Diego, California , USA |
Key people | Julie Pople |
| Website | www.inkdish.com |
Julie Pople, mother of Caroline, is the lead designer for Ink Dish. Julie graduated from Liverpool Art College (John Moores University) in 1971 with a degree in Textile Design. Julie was an in-house ceramic designer for Royal Stafford, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent until becoming the head of design for the European arm of the ceramic company PT Sango.
In 2008, Ink Dish partnered with Paul Timman to create a line of tattoo inspired porcelain dinnerware.[3] "I knew that if I did my job well, I could bridge the gap between mainstream society and help to introduce tattooing into everyday life -- without the process of getting tattooed," says Timman.[4] The Irezumi tableware design by Paul Timman was named to Metropolitan Home's 2009 Design 100 list [5] The design is based on the Japanese style of tattooing known as Irezumi.
In 2010 Ink Dish partnered with modern artists David Palmer and Dana Oldfather.[6] In 2011 Ink Dish had established a partnership with artist Alyson Fox.[7] Ink Dish also designs patterns for tableware manufacturers such as Villeroy & Boch, Macy's, and Corelle. Among the best known of the company's product range are Paul Timman's pattern Cherry Ink, Alyson Fox's pattern December, and Dana Oldfather's pattern Kites.
References
edit- ^ Whitney Matheson (2010-05-17). "Ceramics company brings indie artists to dinner". USA Today. Retrieved 2010-05-17.
- ^ "Ink Dish Irezumi Dinnerware Set". Prick Magazine. Archived from the original on 2009-07-08. Retrieved 2009-07-04.
- ^ Binkley, Christina "The Rembrandt of Sunset Strip", Wall Street Journal, 2011-04-23. Retrieved on 2011-08-17.
- ^ Barbara Thornburg (2009-05-28). "Paul Timman gives dishware a tattoo makeover". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2009-06-25.
- ^ "Design 100". Metropolitan Home. Retrieved 2009-06-25.
- ^ Brown, Phaedra "Design Firm Turns Dinnerware Into Works of Art", New York Times, 2010-07-08. Retrieved on 2010-07-08.
- ^ Grace Bonney (2010-01-13). "New Alyson Fox Dishware". Design Sponge. Archived from the original on 2010-01-18. Retrieved 2010-03-26.