Ceramic For Mix

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red dot award: design concept 2007

design:
Florian Dussopt	Jérémie Reneau	Julie Girard

A ceramic ball that is integrated in the design of Ceramic For Mix stirs sugar in warm beverages without the need for a spoon.

Ceramic For Mix is a tea/coffee set that iscomprised of a glass cup, a ceramic saucer and a ceramic ball. The glass cup is specially designed with a slightly protruding base to keep a ceramic ball in place when stirring and drinking. The ceramic ball is used to stir in sugar in warm beverages. This eliminates the need for a spoon.

When sugar is placed in the cup filled with tea, or an other warm beverage, the liquid pushes the ceramic ball, and invites users to swirl it by moving the glass. The ceramic ball mixes the sugar in the glass, and rings the glass at the same time. The protrusion on the base of the glass prevents the ball from slipping out of the glass when the tea is drunk.

Ceramic is a material that is hygienic and beautiful at the same time. The combination of glass and ceramic is aesthetically appealing in its formal interpretation of the traditional cup and saucer.