Two months ago I spent the day at David Alhadeff's house in Williamsburg - photographing it for the new AT book, which will come out next Spring. While Jim Franco took amazing interior shots, I crept around and took closeups of some of the cool things David has in his house - which were many. As the founder of The Future Perfect and co-founder of A&G Merch, he's got unique access to cool house & homewares...
These are porcelain versions of Dart styrofoam cups. They have an appealing, classic shape, but the weight, smoothness and durability of porcelain. Unlike a lot of this type of stuff, these go beyond kitsch. You want to pick them up and use them. Designed by Miri Mizrahi (Parsons 2004), she called the series "Used and Abused" and they came in three versions: original, dented and with teeth bit mark. These are available at seven stores listed on her website.
>> Miri Mizrahi
These cups run from awful to beautiful in my mind, but then I respect that folks have totally different styles. I like the blue one, but maybe you like the gold one? Called the Alma Fortune Cups, these were designed by Redstr Collective and are a reinterpretation of Turkish coffee fortune telling. They come in three colors and then there's a limited edition, done with Tobias Wong, which is done in gold leaf (which you see here).
>> Redstr Collective
>> Alma cups at The Future Perfect
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Thanks you AT. I have one of these adorable cups and have always wondered about it. Here's mine:
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Those are absolutely beautiful! Future Perfect and A&G Merch are two of my absolute favorites! Those blue painted cups have a wonderful handmade feel to them, don't you think?
xo Katherine aka. Urban Flea :)
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