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Alessi Essentiel de Pâtisserie Cookware

French designer Matali Crasset's collection of beautifully modern tools by Alessi for the pastry chef

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Award-winning industrial designer Matali Crasset‘s new collection for Alessi, aptly called Essentiel de Pâtisserie, distills her research and time spent observing renowned French pastry chef Pierre Hermé into must-have instruments for pastry chefs. Beautifully modern, Crasset designed the four instruments for amateurs and professionals alike. While they can’t guarantee macaroons as light and delicate as those made by Hermé, the simple but rigorous design makes …

“Wood You Like a Cup of Tea” Pot

A Swedish designer channels history and nature for a teapot with a volcanic look

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With a brutish form and use of volcanic black material, Swedish designer Jakob Solgren’s teapot makes a bold statement in a field often considered a defining one in an industrial designer’s career. The humble vessel, providing ample opportunities for personal twists on the spout or the handle, not only functions as a design rite of passage but is also an object all designers seem to …

Link About It: This Week’s Picks

Glass-and-porcelain clothing, a wooden laptop case, an inside look at the Mast Brothers factory, and more

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1. Buono KettleFor the “pour over” method of drip brewing, this Japanese kettle’s elegant design makes the job easier and more ergonomic. Learn more about this increasingly popular brewing technique in this post on The Moment. 2. Reknit Rekn.it will take any old knit sweater and for $30 ship it back to you reknit into something new. This month, you can have it made into …