Friday, October 30, 2009

Delftware: Happy Birthday Vermeer

Royal Delft: Making personalized dog dishes for westies since 1653.
You can make your own Delftware plate at the website of Royal Delft, the last surviving Delftware manufacturer from the seventeenth century.


Viktor & Rolf made these infamous high-heeled porcelain Delftware clogs for their even more infamous F07 models-carrying-their-own-lighting-rigs runway show.


Galliano's stunning Dior S09 Haute Couture show, inspired by Dutch and Flemish seventeenth-century art, included some great Delftware ball gowns. If I were marrying Dutch royalty, I would wear the bottom one as my wedding dress.


Christopher Bailey's Burberry Prorsum S05 collection, mostly dedicated to pure English Rose, managed to make room for a little Dutch inspiration

LK Bennett Flora Court Shoe in Blue China

Vivienne Westwood Men's Spring 2013 Loafers

J.Crew Barcelona Ballet Flats in Delft Blue

Whipped Bakeshop's amazing frosted Delftware cookies


Delftware Christmas ornaments from an inspired (even for Martha) spread on DIY ornaments based on various kinds of classic porcelain styles.


DIY Teacup Wineglasses (genius!)


DIY Iron-On China Napkins and Tablecloth

Wallpaper


Delftware kitchen
(Misha de Ridder via Design Hole)
John Lewis Dickens Petite Sofa in Delft


Delft Necklace


Delft Blond Shopper


Ik hou van Holland bedding


Also popular for the mundane and functional...
British Airways Delftblue Daybreak airplane


Dutch Power Plant, Stadshaard, covered with Delftware tiles

Delftware windows at the Mockamore tearoom in Delft


Porcelain-encased Delftware computer


Pepsi


Bluedelft's USB Stick and Hub


Artists making statements about consumerism, etc., love them some Delftware


London Delft Tableware (they also have New York Delft)



Designer Damian O'Sullivan remade various types of prosthetics out of fine porcelain, like these Delftware eye patches


Designer Jeremy Mende was commissioned by AIGA to decorate a doll for a fund-raiser. Rather than pandering to the expectations of a street-inspired "cool" toy, he went old-school.

Artist Charles Crafft's Disasterware Delft series


Some are inspired to make truly inappropriate items out of Delftware as well. Bless their hearts

Delftware Nativity

The ever-popular Delftware toilet


And finally...
"The Milkmaid" Ceramic Dildo
(Ooms)

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