Ridge Kitchen
Ridge Kitchen originally started as a collection of porcelain tools for the kitchen. The idea was to convey use through pattern and motion. The forms referenced the language of the machine, while being implemented into traditional kitchen products. We designed a pitcher, grater, and mortar and pestle, prototyped them ourselves, and showed them as a part of our first body of work under the Visibility name in 2014. There was a strong initial response to the set, and Areaware was interested in taking the collection into production, so we began developing the project together over the next three years.
Through this process we considered new materials. While the project had started in porcelain, we wanted to further the sensitivity and detail in the larger production scale; so we started to discuss glass– a new material for Areaware. Glass, like porcelain, is true to the landscape of the kitchen and allows the collection even more room to grow. The first in this series is a small pitcher and a set of small stacking cups which, when filled with water, refract light to emphasize their grooves and geometry.
Designed in collaboration with Sina Sohrab.