Hybrid is a collection of Bone China tableware designed by CltrlZak, a multidisciplinary collective, for Italian company Seletti. These unique dinner plates are made of contrasting halves of  European and Oriental style porcelain plate designs.

Each piece of Hybrid tableware is created using traditional methods and refined by hand in the city of Tangshan, China also popularly known as the “capital of Bone China”.

The Hybrid collection includes dinner plates, soup plates, salad bowls and coffee cups.

An interesting piece of art which fuses both eastern and western design elements and definitely a conversation piece.

Saw a couple of these Joseph Joseph kitchen products while shopping the other day. I didn’t buy one cos I already have 7 colanders (!!!) and 5 chopping boards taking up half the space of my kitchen counter top but I do love the multi-function and space-saving features of these products. Top image, index-style chopping board set, which has four color-coded chopping boards to prevent cross-contamination of different food types.

Above, Folding Colander which stores flat when not in use. Below, Rinse&Chop™ dual-function chopping board. Neat, eh?

Le Creuset has created the Strawberry Tea Collection — including cake stand,  jam jar, tea plates, mugs, silicone muffin cases in a beautiful rose color –  in support of Breast Cancer Care UK summer fundraiser, Strawberry Tea. Lovely tea set for a good cause — sounds like a sweet deal.