Office of Tangible Space Revisits Mid-Century Modern Serveware

"Unfolding as a series of performative provocations - unconventional dinners staged in unexpected locations - the A New Futurist Cookbook project stems from architect Michael Yarinsky and interdisciplinary artist Allan Wexler's desire to better understand how design shapes the social dimensions of a shared meal. The newly released Tortugaware dishware collection derives, in part, from this ongoing investigation. "It explores tableware as a medium for connection, turning simple acts of dining into moments of exchange," says Yarinsky."

"Developed under the moniker of the multi-disciplinary architecture practice Office of Tangible Space that Yarinsky co-founded with Kelley Perumbeti, the new offering is as much a reinterpretation of mid-century modern design - a movement that continues to have influence on contemporary output - as it is an homage to American ceramics, a market that thrived around the same time: the especially cost-effective soup tureens, sugar bowls, and serving platters one could order from any number of catalogs."

"Developed with equally dynamic home accessories brand Tortuga Forma, the Tortugaware collection is defined by the incorporation of a signature rolling edge. This decorative, sculptural feature is in fact functional, an ergonomic handle of sorts that makes lifting and stacking the amoebic-form plates much easier. This modality is bolstered by the fact that the objects are made out of high-fired stoneware. They're also toned in era-appropriate oranges, baby blues, creams, and dark grays."

The A New Futurist Cookbook project stages performative, unconventional dinners in unexpected locations to investigate how design shapes the social dimensions of shared meals. The Tortugaware dishware collection originates from that investigation and reinterprets mid-century modern aesthetics while paying homage to American ceramics catalogs of cost-effective servingware. Office of Tangible Space, co-founded by Michael Yarinsky and Kelley Perumbeti, developed the offering with Tortuga Forma. The collection is defined by a signature rolling edge that functions as an ergonomic handle, enabling easier lifting and stacking of amoebic-form plates made from high-fired stoneware. Pieces are finished in era-appropriate oranges, baby blues, creams, and dark grays and emphasize tableware as a medium for connection.

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